Ouăle lui Tarzan
Tarzan’s Testicles
Sochumi ist die Hauptstadt der winzigen, völkerrechtlich nicht anerkannten Schwarzmeerrepublik Abchasien. Auf ihrem höchsten Hügel steht ein medizinisches Institut zur Erforschung von A en, gegründet in den 1920ern von den Sowjets. Der Legende nach sei das Ziel des Instituts ein Mensch-Affe-Hybrid gewesen. Dieses Wesen hat allerdings nie das Licht der Welt erblickt, ebenso wenig wie der kommunistische Neue Mensch. Heute sind dort Menschen wie A en gefangen in einer Gegend, die von Kriegen und Jahrzehnten politischer Grausamkeit gezeichnet ist - beide als Opfer einer Serie gescheiterter Experimente.
By the end, the Institute has become an exemplar of Abkhazia itself, an uncanny microcosm reflecting a jumble of conflicting dichotomies - old and new, scientific and religious, kind and cruel, proud and pitiful, forward-thinking and backward-looking - that can somehow co-exist within the same space, or even the same person. Tarzan's Testicles quietly but forcefully suggests not only that it's possible to live on the front line of the war between such opposing forces, but actually that maybe that's all human beings are: sentient monkeys who somehow developed the ability to live in a state of ongoing paradox. (Jessica Kiang, Variety)
Director's Biography
Alexandru Solomon
Born in Bucharest in 1966, Alexandru Solomon is a director, DOP, producer, university teacher, and director of the One World Romania – Human Rights Documentary Festival. In the early 1990s he was one of the first Romanian directors to focus on the overlooked possibilities of documentary filmmaking. He became known for the political slant of his work, which more than once sparked public debate.
Film Selection: Ouăle lui Tarzan (Tarzan’s Testicles, 2017, doc) — Romania: Four Countries (2015, doc) — Kapitalism – Reteta noastra secret (Kapitalism – Our Improved Formula, 2010, doc) — Apocalypse on Wheels (2008, doc) — Cold Waves (2007, doc) — Clara B. (2006, doc) — Marele jaf comunist (The Great Communist Bank Robbery, 2004, doc)
Born in Bucharest in 1966, Alexandru Solomon is a director, DOP, producer, university teacher, and director of the One World Romania – Human Rights Documentary Festival. In the early 1990s he was one of the first Romanian directors to focus on the overlooked possibilities of documentary filmmaking. He became known for the political slant of his work, which more than once sparked public debate.
Film Selection: Ouăle lui Tarzan (Tarzan’s Testicles, 2017, doc) — Romania: Four Countries (2015, doc) — Kapitalism – Reteta noastra secret (Kapitalism – Our Improved Formula, 2010, doc) — Apocalypse on Wheels (2008, doc) — Cold Waves (2007, doc) — Clara B. (2006, doc) — Marele jaf comunist (The Great Communist Bank Robbery, 2004, doc)
Competition Documentary 2018
Alexandru Solomon
Rumänien / Frankreich 2017
color
107 Minuten
Russisch / Abchasisch OmeU
Drehbuch Alexandru Solomon
Kamera Radu Gorgos
Schnitt Sophie Reiter
Ton/Sounddesign Marin Cazacu, Franck Rivolet, Cristinel Șirli
Produzent*innen Ada Solomon, Cédric Bonin, Christinel Şirli
Produktion
HiFilm Production, Seppia
Österreichpremiere
Weltpremiere / World PremiereTransilvania International Film Festival 2017
Premierenstatus / Premiere Status
Austrian Premiere
auch in der Sektion / also part of
Spotlight
