Chasing The Wind

9.3 10
2014
56min

Italian

Catalan Italian

Country: Italy Norway

Original Title: Jag etter vind (2013)

Karine is a professional embalmer. As the one in charge of freezing life in an inert body, every day is a battle for perfection and against death.

Italian
Catalan Italian
Country: Italy Norway
Original Title: Jag etter vind (2013)

AWARDS: Special Jury Prize. Salerno Doc Festival-Competition/ Best Mid Length Documentary. Cinema Verité Iran International Documentary Film Festival

OFFICIAL SELECTIONS: Visions du Réel/ Filmmaker Festival- Prospettive/ Longlake Festival-Panorama, Pärnu International Film Festival-International/ Competition, Genova Film Festival-Documentary Competition/ Raccordo-Competition, DOCIT/AWARD, Cinema On The Bayou Festival/ Documentary Competition, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival-New Docs/ Film Festival-Raccontare il Reale.

Chasing The Wind. The days of an embalmer

She is one of the best at that job. She thinks herself as a gambler playing with the decease. She tries to steal some moments from death, before nothingness.

But this game could end up becoming an unattainable pursuit of the perfection.