THE MOUNTAINS
Denmark / 2023 / 89'
THE MOUNTAINS
Two decades after the tragic death of his brother, the director Christians Einshøj’s family is falling apart. Armed with 30 years of home-video, 75.000 family photos and three tightly fit superhero costumes, he ventures into landscapes of long-lost time, in an attempt to confront the 25-year old tragedy, and the hidden wounds left in its wake. It’s a story of fathers and sons, of vast collections of stamps and amateur videography, of long-distance business-class flights and all the other ways in which we flee, instead of talking about that which hurts – and of the redemption that can follow when the silence is breached and they maybe finally make it to the other side of the mountains.
Director: Christian Einshø
Script: Christian Einshø
Photography: Søren Einshøj, Christian Einshøj
Editing: Christian Einshøj
Sound: Sune Kaarsberg
Music: Toke Brorson Odin
Production: Mathilde Hvid Lippmann
Selected Filmography:
- Haunted / Hjemsøgelsen (2018)
- How I Live, as You Wanted to Know (2014)
Festivals and Awards:
CPH:DOX, Denmark (2023), Visions du Réel, Switzerland (2023), Sheffield DocFest, Great Britain (2023), Giffoni Film Festival, Italy (2023), Hot Docs – Best International Documentary, The Emerging International Filmmaker Award, Canada (2022)
Tickets:
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