A man has been living for thirty years as a recluse in a forest in France. Alone, he hews out deep underground tunnels and galleries, which he decorates with old-fashioned engravings. They must withstand the planetary disaster that has been announced, and they must explain things, through their perceptive messages, to future inhabitants. The film recounts this experience as lived on the sidelines of modern society, affected as it is by human wretchedness and the loss, once and for all, of a perfect world.
Antoine Boutet
Works in Montreuil, France. Artist and filmmaker, his recent films include documentaries ZONE OF INITIAL DILUTION (2006) and CONSERVATION_CONVERSATION (2005), experimental films UTOPIA (2005) and PLUS OU MOINS (2004). In 2010, a documentary film project untitled TAMING THE WATERS will be realized in China. Selected video-installations and site-specific art projects have been recently exhibited in Pratt Manhattan Gallery/ New York, Biennale de Selest’Art/ France, Galerie des Filles-du-Calvaire/ Paris, Kunstraum
Walcheturm/ Zürich, Lianzhou International Photo Festival/ Chine, Ateliers des Arques, Musée d’Art Contemporain les Abattoirs/ Toulouse, Festival Estudio Abierto/ Buenos Aires.
