About the film

Photography is a form of theft. Just one click and you take an impression of someone - and with that impression, a part of his or her identity. Is it any wonder, then, that members of some aboriginal tribes believed that they would lose their souls if they were photographed, meaning that they would not reincarnate in a new body? This belief forms the point of departure for a meditative reflection on how photography affects our innermost being. In this film, Finnish director P V Lehtinen shifts from one cinematic extreme to another: from total standstill to maximized movement. It starts off with portraits of white sunbathers on the beach taking on well-considered poses to be frozen in time by the camera.

Wybrane nagrody i festiwale /Selected festivals and awards: 2011 - MFF Jihlava /Jihlava IFF, 2011 - IDFA/ International Documentary Festival Amsterdam