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Becoming Animal

director: Peter Mettler, Emma Davie

original title: Becoming Animal

country: Switzerland, United Kingdom

year: 2018

running time: 78 min.

synopsis

This philosophical film-essay explores the relationship between man and nature through long scenes of the mountainous landscape of the American West. A quiet meditation on the imperfect perception of reality, the search for the meaning of life, and finding harmony in the world around us, accompanied by a voiceover of the filmmakers’ views and philosophical commentary.

biography

Emma Davie (1965) is a Scottish director and university lecturer in Edinburgh. Swiss-Canadian director and documentarian Peter Mettler (1958) works primarily with experimental narratives in film.

more about film

director:	Peter Mettler, Emma Davie
cast:	David Abram
producer:	Cornelia Seitler, Rebecca Day, Sonja Henrici, Brigitte Hofer
script:	Emma Davie, Peter Mettler
photography:	Peter Mettler, Jordan Kawai
editing:	Peter Mettler
sound:	Jacques Kieffer, Peter Bräker, Peter Mettler

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