EXOTICA, EROTICA, ETC. 2015
France, Greece | Blu-Ray, Color, 73’ | Portuguese, Spanish, Greek
Director: Evangelia Kranioti
Greek visual artist Evangeline Kranioti shot this first feature film between 2011 and 2014, as she traveled to 20 countries, boarding a total of 12 cargo ships. This anthropological study, which premiered at the 2015 Berlinale Forum, tells about sailors who travel the oceans and women in nearby ports who look forward to their return. We watch the daily work routines of sailors amongst images of nature such as waves, ice, and sky. This approach, which is observational at first, gives way to a more poetic journey later on in the film.