Elpis

SYNOPSIS: Elpis is a poetic essay film about the effects of the Iran–Iraq War and its trauma and psychological impact. It is narrated through the voice of a woman writing a book. It embraces many subjects, such as war, diaspora, immigration, love and alienation, using sensory and experiential techniques. The film showcases lavish ethereal landscapes and nature, in Estonia, Latvia, Ireland and Germany. Iraqi-German writer and artist Claudia Basrawi narrates, fitting the film perfectly to the subject matter it explores. Alternative SYNOPSIS: Elpis is a personal essay film, a reflection from an empty world rendered in painterly vistas of unearthly colours that follow the flames of a cataclysmic war. A world haunted by the written traces of places and dates and spoken words unravelling a history of exile. Intimately familiar and unsettlingly alien, Elpis is a radical vision of existing in a post-pandemic world of endless crisis and the strange peace that haunts it.

Year

2023

Director

Rouzbeh Rashidi

Duration

70 min

Country

Ireland

Language

English