Iceland, Christmas time. As everyone prepares for the holidays, a peculiar atmosphere falls upon the country revealing emotions of both excitement and concern. In the middle of the countryside, an abandoned farm is burning. In a school, a children's choir is singing Christmas carols. In a slaughterhouse, chickens are parading along a rail. In a museum, a mother is arguing with her ex-husband on the phone. In a living room, a young girl is making her grandmother try on her new virtual reality headset - Through 56 scenes, Echo draws a portrait, both biting and tender, of modern society.Written by
Jour2Fête
'Echo' aka 'Bergmal' doesn't make my best of lists but my predilection for Iceland made it time well spent.
Seemingly intermingling fictionalisation and real scenes, it's a montage of never repeated characters involved in everyday life throughout the year, with a Xmas culmination.
I appreciated in the way I would a documentary on sociology. It is for viewers who choose observation over entertainment. It fits well into what we, in the Nineties, called the art circuit.
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'Echo' aka 'Bergmal' doesn't make my best of lists but my predilection for Iceland made it time well spent.
Seemingly intermingling fictionalisation and real scenes, it's a montage of never repeated characters involved in everyday life throughout the year, with a Xmas culmination.
I appreciated in the way I would a documentary on sociology. It is for viewers who choose observation over entertainment. It fits well into what we, in the Nineties, called the art circuit.