Country:Russia

Director:Victor Kosakovsky

Program:Contemporary World Cinema

Summary:

This startling film might be the kind of visual key note speech for this year’s festival and appropriately enough there is no real speech happening. Kosakovsky went to enormous pains to capture the moment when his own young child recognizes his reflection in a mirror. He created a room with a hidden portion for several cameras which were concealed behind two way mirrors. The unknowing child moves within the space, playing, dealing with the room as it presents itself.

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