In the village of Leva-e-Traz, the discovery of a oil field is responsible for a mass evasion of the townspeople. Left are the old and incapable for the extraction job. When the local priest announces he, too, is leaving the town, Satan emerge thrilled with the chance of overtaking the place.
The film was realized according to the formulaic concept “TAM 4/71.”
“In Germany, I bought an old 35mm Debrie camera. I spent several weeks working with this camera and found that its mechanics were marvelously thought out and that the way the camera was made was proof of the skilled craftsmanship back then. I developed a procedure which also allowed me to use the camera as a printing machine. The printing process is not so different from the filming process, as far as the transport of the film goes. ... It was a lot of fun to try to exhaust the possibilities of the Debrie. It was not only the mechanics that were exciting, like the works of a wonderful old clock, but the numerous possibilities for the realization of the second part of the film, too. This consists mainly of what has already been shot, but offers at least 50% more experimental manipulations in the printed part.” (HHKS)
An old man pays a woman to live with him as if she were his wife, until one day he discovers that she's sleeping with his son.
Miriam Gordon lives in a fog of grief while working in a downtown public library branch. When a burgeoning love-affair coincides with her receiving a series of oddly threatening letters, Miriam's sheltered existence is cracked open.
The grandfather planted a turnip, which grew so big that he could not pull it out. The grandmother's help did not change anything, so they called their granddaughter. Then the dog Zhuchka and the cat came to help, but the turnip still remained in the ground. And only the appearance of a mouse helped the heroes to pull out the root vegetable.
As part of a residency organized by the University, Miranda Ackerman, a well-known poet, returns to Caen, where she had briefly lived a decade earlier. She is astonished to discover that the University is hosting her in the very house where she lived with Richard, her partner at the time. Richard now teaches on the opposite side of the university. As they reconnect, she begins to feel disturbed by presences in the house.
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