Amnesia

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The work Amnesia represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evanston Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

The Resource Amnesia

Statement of responsibility: Vega Film and Les Films du losange present ; screenplay, Emilie Bickerton, Peter Steinbach, Susan Hoffman, Barbet Schroeder ; produced by Ruth Waldburger, Margaret Menegoz ; a Barbet Schroeder film

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Summary: On Ibiza in the early nineties, Jo is a twenty-five-year-old music composer. He has come over from Berlin and wants to be part of the nascent electronic music revolution, ideally by getting a job first as a DJ in the new nightclub on the island, Amnesia. Martha has been living alone in her house facing the sea for forty years. One night Jo knocks on her door. Her solitude intrigues him. They become friends even as the mysteries around her accumulate: that cello in the corner she refuses to play, the German language she refuses to speak. As Jo draws her into his world of techno music, Martha puts everything she had previously lived by into question

Credits note: Director of photography, Luciano Tovoli ; editor, Nelly Quettier ; music, Lucien Nicolet

Language note: In English, German, French, and Spanish with English subtitles; optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing; closed-captioned

PerformerNote: Marthe Keller, Max Riemelt, Bruno Ganz, Corinna Kirchhoff, Joel Basman, Marie Leuenberger, Fermi Reixach

Context

Context of Amnesia