Film · 2011 · 1h 6m

The Anabasis of May and Fusako Shigenobu, Masao Adachi, and 27 Years Without Images

Name: The Anabasis of May and Fusako Shigenobu, Masao Adachi, and 27 Years Without Images
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2011-07-08
Duration: 1 h 6 min
Cast: Mei Shigenobu, Masao Adachi

L'anabase de May et Fusako Shigenobu, Masao Adachi et 27 années sans images

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Synopsis

A film on exile, revolution, landscapes and memory, Anabasis brings forth the remarkable parallel stories of Adachi and May, one a filmmaker who gave up images, the other a young woman whose identity-less existence forbade keeping images of her own life. Fittingly returning the image to their lives, director Eric Baudelaire places Adachi and May’s revelatory voiceover reminiscences against warm, fragile Super-8mm footage of their split milieus, Tokyo and Beirut. Grounding their wide-ranging reflections in a solid yet complex reality, Anabasis provides a richly rewarding look at a fascinating, now nearly forgotten era (in politics and cinema), reminding us of film’s own ability to portray—and influence—its landscape.