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Rey King Kralj Niles Atallah
^ile, Francija Chile, France 2017
re`ija/directed by Niles Atallah scenarij/screenplay Niles Atallah fotografija/cinematography Benjamín Echazarreta glasba/music Sebastián Jatz monta`a/editing Benjamin Mirguet igrajo/cast Claudio Riveros (Juan Bautista Rosales), Rodrigo Lisboa (Orélie-Antoine de Tounens) producentka/producer Lucie Kalmar produkcija/production Mômerade 8 rue d'Enghien 75010 Paris, France E lucie�momerade.fr & Diluvio (Chile) format/format DCP, barvni/colour dol`ina/running time 90' festivali, nagrade (izbor)/ festivals, awards (selection) Rotterdam 2017 (posebna omemba `irije/Special Mention), Touluse 2017 (nagrada francoskih kritikov/French Critics Discovery Prize)
prodaja/world sales Mômerade 8 rue d'Enghien 75010 Paris, France E lucie�momerade.fr
Eksperimentalno navdahnjena priredba zgodbe o francoskem popotniku iz 19. stoletja, ki je trdil, da je patagonski kralj, je drzna me{anica zgodovinskih dejstev in domi{ljije ter uporabe razli~nih filmskih formatov, animacije in lutk.
The experimental take on the story of a nineteenth-century French adventurer who claimed to be King of Patagonia boldly blends historical facts and fictionalised account, employing various formats, animation and puppets.
Orélie-Antoine de Tounens je bil francoski odvetnik, ki se je leta 1860 odpravil na popotovanje v Ju`no Ameriko, v pravkar osamosvojeno dr`avo ^ile. Trdil je, da ga je tamkaj{nje ljudstvo Mapu~a izvolilo za kralja pokrajin Aravkanija in Patagonija. V Attalahovi filmski priredbi, ki je nastajala sedem let, je de Tounensa spremljal vodnik Rosales in ga po dobrem letu vladanja izdal ~ilenskim oblastem, ki so si `e dolgo prizadevale prisvojiti ozemlje Mapu~ev. Nesojenega kralja so razglasile za nepri{tevnega ...
Orélie-Antoine de Tounens was a French lawyer who went to South America in1860, claiming that the Mapuche natives elected him ruler of Araucanía and Patagonia. In the version Atallah chooses to relate, which took seven years in the making, de Tounens was a semi-delusional adventurer who travelled with his guide, Rosales, to Mapuche territory, long at war with the Chilean government. Fourteen months later Rosales betrayed OrélieAntoine to the Chilean authorities, who declared him insane after interrogation.
"Ravno dovolj konkretnih dokazov o tem mo`u in njegovem kraljestvu je bilo pokopanih pod plastmi mitov in legend, da nista oba zdrsnila v popolno pozabo. Vendar je bilo v zgodbi toliko vrzeli, da je bilo mogo~e v najbolj{em primeru izoblikovati samo razdrobljeno vizijo. Kralj se je izlu{~il s presejanjem {tevilnih del~kov njegove zgodbe. Zamislil sem si film, ki je v gledalcu vzbudil analogno izku{njo: popotovanje skozi pokrajine pozabljenih sanj, razkrajajo~ih se spominov in fantazij duha." (Niles Atallah)
"Buried under layers of myths and legends, there was just enough concrete evidence of this man and his kingdom to prevent them both from slipping into total oblivion. However, there were so many holes in the story that only a fragmented vision could be pieced together at best. King came into being as I sifted through the many pieces of this king's story. I imagined a film that evoked an analogous experience in the spectator: a journey through a realm of forgotten dreams, the decaying memories and fantasies of a ghost." (Niles Atallah)
Niles Atallah
filmografija (izbor)/filmography (selection)
Rojen leta 1978 v Kaliforniji. Na tamkaj{nji univerzi je {tudiral umetnost, danes pa je priznan avtor glasbenih spotov in video instalacij ter re`iser in scenarist {tevilnih kratkih in celove~ernih filmov, pri katerih se ob~asno pojavlja tudi v vlogi snemalca oziroma direktorja fotografije. Danes `ivi in ustvarja v Santiagu v ^ilu, kjer je ustanovil produkcijsko hi{o Diluvio.
2006 Memoria desierta (kratki dok./doc. short) 2007 Lucía, Luis y el lobo (Lucía, Luis and the Wolf) (kratki anim./ anim. short) 2010 Lucía 2014 La isla (The Island) (kratki/short) 2017 Rey (King/Kralj)
Born in 1978 in California. He has a BA in art from the University of California at Santa Cruz. Niles is an acknowledged writer and director of features, music videos, video art work, installations and short films. He is based in Santiago, Chile, where he founded Diluvio, a film production company, and also works as a director of photography.
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