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Heimwee naar de dood

Ramón Gieling / NL, 1992 / 87 min.

A poetical documentary about the place of death in the lives of Mexicans, who have their own way of dealing with death and mortality. They speak about their deceased loved ones in magnificent imagery.

poster Nostalgia for Death (Nostalgia de la muerte)
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Director

Ramón Gieling

Production year

1992

Country

NL

Original title

Heimwee naar de dood

Length

87 min.

Language

Dutch, Spanish

Subtitles

ENG

Format

16mm

Part of

Ramón Gieling at Work

Filmmaker, writer, theatre-maker, visual artist: in every role Ramón Gieling wants to get to the bottom of things and see what drives people. The maker of En un momento dado, an extraordinary film about Johan Cruyff’s years in Barcelona, and Erbarme dich (St Matthew Passion), likes to explore the boundary between reality and imagination.

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Ramón Gieling © Bob Bronshoff
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