Director: Illum Jacobi
Denmark, France / 2020 / 95´
Rampant debt and a significant midlife crisis send philosopher Edmund Burke fleeing from London to embark on an expedition through the French Alps. He brings along a servant on loan from his brother’s plantation in the West Indies, a young indigenous woman named Awak. Together they set out to discover the sublime in this 18th-century road movie. Ill-equipped for the outdoor life, Burke whinges the days away while Awak carries all their supplies and makes sure his face is perpetually powdered.
Screenplay: Hans Frederik Jacobsen, Illum Jacobi
Producer: Illum Jacobi, Xavier Rocher, Marina Perales Marhuenda, Katja Adomeit
Cinematographer: Frederik Jacobi
Art Director: Sara Sachs
Music: Danny Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans
Editing: Alexandra Strauss
Cast: Antony Langdon, Nathalia Acevedo, Andrew Jeffers, Ian Burns, Ulrik Wivel
Debut
Russian premiere
