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Like Stone Lions in the Gateway into Night (2012)

ALL 04/20/2012 (fr) Documentary 87 Min
  • Release
    04/20/2012
  • Production
    Periplus, RTS, Audiovisuel Multimedia International Production (AMIP), Prince Film
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  • Original title
    Comme des lions de pierre à l'entrée de la nuit
  • Original language
    fr
  • Production Cost
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Overview

Between 1947 and 1951, more than 80 000 Greek men, women and children were deported to the isle of Makronissos (Greece) in reeducation camps created to ‘fight the spread of Communism’. Among those exiles were a number of writers and poets, including Yannis Ritsos and Tassos Livaditis. Despite the deprivation and torture, they managed to write poems which describe the struggle for survival in this world of internment. These texts, some of them buried in the camps, were later found. «Like Lions of stone at the gateway of night» blends these poetic writings with the reeducation propaganda speeches constantly piped through the camps’ loudspeakers. Long tracking shots take us on a trance-like journey through the camp ruins, interrupted along the way by segments from photographic archives. A cinematic essay, which revives the memory of forgotten ruins and a battle lost.

  1. Olivier Zuchuat

    Director

  2. Story

  4. Producer



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  1. Jean-Claude Dauphin

    Narrator (French voice)

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Like Stone Lions in the Gateway into Night (2012) 87 Min

ALL 04/20/2012 (fr)
Documentary
  • Release 04/20/2012
  • Production
    Periplus, RTS, Audiovisuel Multimedia International Production (AMIP), Prince Film
  • Original title Comme des lions de pierre à l'entrée de la nuit
  • fr
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Between 1947 and 1951, more than 80 000 Greek men, women and children were deported to the isle of Makronissos (Greece) in reeducation camps created to ‘fight the spread of Communism’. Among those exiles were a number of writers and poets, including Yannis Ritsos and Tassos Livaditis. Despite the deprivation and torture, they managed to write poems which describe the struggle for survival in this world of internment. These texts, some of them buried in the camps, were later found. «Like Lions of stone at the gateway of night» blends these poetic writings with the reeducation propaganda speeches constantly piped through the camps’ loudspeakers. Long tracking shots take us on a trance-like journey through the camp ruins, interrupted along the way by segments from photographic archives. A cinematic essay, which revives the memory of forgotten ruins and a battle lost.

  1. Olivier Zuchuat

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Olivier Zuchuat

    Editor

  4. Producer



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