IL CANTO DEL FIORE - FFDL

LE CHANT DE LA FLEUR

SONG OF THE FLOWER

Belgio / 2013 / 61 min / Colour

Italian premiere

The fight for one’s rights and ideals can take many forms. For the Kichwa tribe of Sarayaku, an indigenous population in the Amazonian forest of Ecuador, it has the form of a circle of sacred fl owers animated by otherworldly, shamanic songs. To combat the latest attempt to attack the green lung of the earth with the cancer of oil wells and protect it from intensive exploitation, this tribe, which depends entirely on the forest, defends its territory with a border made of flowering plants, the “Frontiere de Vie”.

  • ffdl director

    Jacques Dochamps

    Jacques Dochamps earned a diploma from the INSAS in Brussels in 1974. He worked as a screenwriter and director for Radio Télévision Belge Francophone and then founded Minute Papillon, a consumerdefence magazine and has made documentaries and reportage.

  • ffdl director

    José Gualinga

    José Galinga is the representative of the Kichwa community. For more than twenty years he has fought to defend their territory. Le chant de la fleur is his first videographic experience.

Credits

Language Spanish, Quechua Screenplay Jacques Dochamps, Josè GualingaCinematography Remon FromotSound Cyril MosseEditing Matyas VeressMusic Ozark HenryProducer Isabelle Truc (Iota Production)Production company Iota Production

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