Project Detail

Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow

Synopsis

OVER YOUR CITIES GRASS WILL GROW bears witness to German artist Anselm Kiefer's alchemical creative processes and renders a film journey through the universe of Kiefer's studio estate, La Ribaute, in the South of France. This strange, sprawling village extending over 35 hectares combines working studios, a network of tunnels, caves, underground pools, a crypt and an amphitheatre.
Shot in cinemascope, the film enters into direct contact with the materials Kiefer employs to build his works – lead, concrete, ash, acid, earth, glass and gold. Here creation and destruction are interdependent.
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2010 - World premiere
Official Selection Toronto Film Festival 2010

Details

Year
2010
Type of film
Features
Running time
10 min
Format
Digital and 35mm celluloid
Director
Sophie Fiennes
Producer
Sophie Fiennes
Executive Producer
Sophie Fiennes, Kees Kasander, Emilie Blezat
Editor
Ethel Shepherd (Sophie Fiennes)
Director of Photography
Remko Schnorr, Sophie Fiennes
Sound
Ranko Paukovic
Music
György Ligeti
Principal cast
With contributions from: Anselm Kiefer, Klaus Dermutz

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