Bardsongs
German title: Lieder der Welt
Original title: Bardsongs
Episodic film – Niederlande
Production year: 2009
Movie length: 94 minutes
Director: Sander Francken
Writer: Sander Francken, Joost Schrickx
Cinematograph: Bert Pot, Melle van Essen, Sal Kroonenberg
Music: Sakar Kahn & family, Afel Bocoum, Tsiring Stanzin, Morup Namgyal, Adi Bhasin, Rainer Michel
Movie description:
Part one of »Bardsongs« tells the story of a father and his son. On a daily basis they collect waste plastic in the streets of the old Indian city Jodhpur in Rajasthan. The father distinguishes himself from other people by never judging occurrences around him – however much fate temps him to. His posture meets with a lot of incomprehension and annoyance by people around him. When a dramatic occurrence reveals its true significance after some time, the wisdom of the plastic collector is unveiled for everyone.
Part two is set against the magnificent backdrop of Djenné, a city in Mali, considered to be the center of Islam in Western Africa. The story is about Bouba, a scholar at a coranic school, who must the answer to the question: »What is the greatest part of all knowledge?« When, after a six day journey of discovery in and around Djenné, he still does not come up with the right answer, it appears to be quite simple and overwhelming at the same time.
The last part of this triptych of folk tales is about a father who travels from Lamayuru in Ladakh, India through the Himalayas together with his daughter in order to sell their dzo. Everyone they meet on their journey has some sort of criticism or advice, about how they should treat their dzo, how they should treat each other, how to get a place to sleep in a monastery, which route to take, etc. The father is by nature inclined to lend an ear to one and all, this to the mounting indignation of his daughter. When the daughter, the end of their journey being in sight, confronts him he finally changes course ...
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