Racines lointaines, 2002
Pierre-Yves Vandeweerd
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Racines lointaines, 2002
Pierre-Yves Vandeweerd
© the artist(s) & producer(s)
Racines lointaines, 2002
Pierre-Yves Vandeweerd
© the artist(s) & producer(s)
Racines lointaines, 2002
Pierre-Yves Vandeweerd
© the artist(s) & producer(s)
Racines lointaines, 2002
Pierre-Yves Vandeweerd
© the artist(s) & producer(s)
Racines lointaines, 2002
Pierre-Yves Vandeweerd
© the artist(s) & producer(s)
Racines lointaines, 2002
Pierre-Yves Vandeweerd
© the artist(s) & producer(s)
Racines lointaines, 2002
Pierre-Yves Vandeweerd
© the artist(s) & producer(s)
Racines lointaines, 2002
Pierre-Yves Vandeweerd
© the artist(s) & producer(s)
Racines lointaines, 2002
Pierre-Yves Vandeweerd
© the artist(s) & producer(s)
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Racines lointaines
LABEL_WORK_CREATORS
Pierre-Yves Vandeweerd (Written and directed by)
LABEL_WORK_PRODUCTIONCOUNTRYYEAR
BELGIUM 2002
LABEL_WORK_FORMAT
Digital Betacam 01:12:00 PAL col.
LABEL_WORK_LANGUAGES
French (subtitled)
French (spoken)
LABEL_WORK_DESCRIPTION
I travelled across Mauritania to find a tree that I saw from my window in Belgium. It wasn’t a mythical tree, but rather one that could be anywhere. On my way, I met men and women who shared their perception of this quest and in doing so, in a roundabout way they shared some of their visions of the world and of existence. For some, my tree was the sign from the spirits, of the invisible or a call from light. For others, it was the symbol of a history, a culture or the end of a period in time.

For yet others, it was a tree that you see only when you get lost... This documentary film, Far away roots, is a poetic journey in search of elsewhere and in search of the other ways of thinking. It’s also the story of an unfinished love for a women who stayed behind...

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