Les harmonies invisibles

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

Prix Ushuaïa TV / Écrans de l’aventure – Festival Les Écrans de l’Aventure – France – 2021

The Arctic tales of our childhood have fixed in our visual memory the image of the narwhal, that unicorn of the seas, with its long-twisted tooth, emerging on the surface of the water. Going to the Arctic in search of this image is an opportunity for Laurent and Vincent to confront their childhood dreams with the reality of a rapidly changing world.

« At the heart of Inuit mythology, the narwhal embodies the hyper-boreal universe », says the Inuit artist Andrew Qappik. But we must not lose sight of the fact that this animal, hunted for its meat, its teeth and its skin, has become rare. It embodies the fragility of the Inuit world. Indeed, if we are not careful, the cultural heritage of these men of the Great North is doomed to disappear. Their world is disappearing as the ice pack melts. For the Marie brothers, the loss of the Inuit’s ancestral landmarks would also lead to the disappearance of the vital power of the tales that nourished their childhood. The Invisible Harmonies look for an open window on the world animated by the magic of cinema.

The film thus offers an account of the invisible links between man and animal, the imagination and the real, but also the link between two brothers in their understanding of the world.

Discover also our special program gathering the works of Vincent Marie: Bartolí, le dessin pour mémoire and Nos ombres d’Algérie.

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