Sous le soleil exactement seems to merge scattered memories from Germany and Montreal into a single, undefined place. Divided into four language exercises around the words for “departure”, “arrival”, “return”, and “reside”, several oral scenarios punctuate the film with surprising narrative originality. This meditative, experimental documentary leaves room for the subtly evocative power of editing and brings together drawings, road maps, photographs, TV clips, and shots filmed in 16 mm by an inspired camera. Creating ephemeral, fleeting urban poetry, the filmmaker documents empty spaces and places conducive to encounters, exposing, in snatches, the details of a presence in motion. (HSB)

competition : National Short and Medium-Length Competition

Sous le soleil exactement