Synopsis

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Program Note

Our attention is first drawn to the remains of the old man dressed neatly and lying down. The film goes against our usual expectations of highly efficient funeral procedures. The main character carefully removes the dust on the pieces of bone and places them in the container wrapped in red cord. In these scenes and others, the film shows us that life does not only mean living and breathing in the present tense. Rather, the bones which symbolize death are handled with ceremony and care as they intersect with the abstraction of memory to make way for new life. The past drifts anew while the future shines a small light for us.

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