ONE NIGHT AT A BAR, AN OLD FRIEND TELLS DIRECTOR ARI ABOUT A RECURRING NIGHTMARE IN WHICH HE IS CHASED BY 26 VICIOUS DOGS. EVERY NIGHT, THE SAME NUMBER OF BEASTS. THE TWO MEN CONCLUDE THAT THERE’S A CONNECTION TO THEIR ISRAELI ARMY MISSION IN THE FIRST LEBANON WAR OF THE EARLY EIGHTIES. ARI IS SURPRISED THAT HE CAN’T REMEMBER A THING ANYMORE ABOUT THAT PERIOD OF HIS LIFE. IT’S NOT IN HIS SYSTEM. INTRIGUED BY THIS RIDDLE, HE DECIDES TO MEET AND INTERVIEW OLD FRIENDS AND COMRADES AROUND THE WORLD. HE NEEDS TO DISCOVER THE TRUTH ABOUT THAT TIME AND ABOUT HIMSELF. AS ARI DELVES DEEPER AND DEEPER INTO THE MYSTERY, HIS MEMORY BEGINS TO CREEP UP IN EVEN MORE ENIGMATIC IMAGES ...
SHE DIDN’T ASK FOR IT. IT JUST HAPPENED.THERE WERE STEALING GLANCES, ATTRACTION. BUT THIS WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN.
INGE IS IN HER MID-60S. SHE HAS BEEN MARRIED FOR 30 YEARS AND LOVES HER HUSBAND. BUT INGE IS DRAWN TO THIS OLDER MAN KARL, ALREADY 76. IT’S PASSION. IT’S SEX. SHE SUDDENLY FEELS LIKE A YOUNG GIRL AGAIN ...
ODD HORTEN HAS DRIVEN THE SAME TRAIN ROUTE EVERY DAY FOR SO LONG THAT THE REST OF HIS LIFE HAS BECOME A ROUTINE OF COMFORTABLE RITUALS. BUT THE TIME HAS COME FOR THE 67-YEAR-OLD ENGINEER TO RETIRE AFTER FORTY YEARS OF DUTIFUL SERVICE. HIS ORDERLY, SOLITARY EXISTENCE IS ABOUT TO GIVE WAY TO A FUTURE OF PERPLEXING QUESTIONS. HOW COULD HORTEN GET HIMSELF IN SUCH AN AWKWARD SITUATION WHEN HE SHOULD BE CELEBRATING HIS RETIREMENT? WILL HORTEN EVER TRAVEL BY PLANE? WILL HE FINALLY SELL HIS PRIZED BOAT? HOW DOES HORTEN END UP IN A PAIR OF WOMEN’S RED HIGH-HEELED SHOES? WILL HE SURVIVE A NIGHTTIME DRIVE WITH A BLINDFOLDED MAN AT THE WHEEL? THE ONLY THING FOR CERTAIN IS THAT HORTEN IS FIRST IN LINE FOR SOME ABSURD ADVENTURES AND QUIRKY ENCOUNTERS. AND MAYBE EVEN A NEW DOG AND AN OLD LOVE!
AFTER COMPLETING HIS NAVAL SERVICE, YOUNG ASA TRAVELS BACK TO THE KAZAKH STEPPE WHERE HIS SISTER AND HER SHEPHERD HUSBAND LIVE A NOMADIC LIFE. TO START HIS NEW LIFE, EAGER ASA MUST GET MARRIED FIRST BEFORE HE CAN BECOME A SHEPHERD HIMSELF. ASA’S ONLY HOPE FOR MARRIAGE ON THE DESERTED STEPPE IS TULPAN, THE DAUGHTER OF ANOTHER SHEPHERD FAMILY. POOR ASA IS DISAPPOINTED TO LEARN THAT TULPAN DOESN’T LIKE HIM BECAUSE SHE THINKS THAT HIS EARS ARE TOO BIG. BUT ASA DOESN’T GIVE UP AND HE CONTINUES TO DREAM OF A LIFE THAT MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE ON THE STEPPE ...
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, FARREL ASKS THE CAPTAIN OF THE FREIGHTER HE WORKS ON FOR PERMISSION TO GO ASHORE ONCE THEY REACH THE PORT OF USHUAIA, THE SOUTHERNMOST TOWN OF ARGENTINA. FARREL WANTS TO RETURN TO HIS BIRTHPLACE AND SEE IF HIS MOTHER IS STILL ALIVE. FOR THE PAST TWENTY YEARS HE HAS WORKED AS A SEAMAN. HE DRINKS TO OBLIVION, PAYS THE WOMEN HE SLEEPS WITH, HAS NO FRIENDS. HAVING REACHED THE CLUSTER OF SNOW-COVERED HOUSES WHERE HE GREW UP, FARREL DISCOVERS HIS MOTHER IS INDEED STILL LIVING BUT SOMEONE ELSE HAS BECOME PART OF THE FAMILY ...
COPENHAGEN 1944. WHILE THE DANISH POPULATION HOPES FOR A SWIFT END TO THE WAR, FREEDOM FIGHTERS BENT FAURSCHOU-HVIID (23), A.K.A. FLAME AND JØRGEN HAAGEN SCHMITH (33), A.K.A. CITRON, SECRETLY PUT THEIR LIVES AT STAKE FIGHTING FOR THE HOLGER DANSKE RESISTANCE GROUP. THE FEARLESS AND UNCOMPROMISING FLAME IS A CONFIRMED ANTI-FASCIST AND DREAMS OF THE DAY WHEN THE GROUP WILL ASSEMBLE AND OPENLY LAUNCH AN ARMED COUNTERATTACK AT THE OCCUPYING POWER. THE MORE SENSITIVE FAMILY MAN, CITRON, USED TO WORK PRIMARILY AS A DRIVER FOR FLAME, BUT NOW FINDS HIMSELF BECOMING MORE DEEPLY INVOLVED IN THE GROUP’S WORK...
TATA, HUIT HUIT, SONKO, WATERMAN AND GEORGES ARE SUCCESSFUL ARTISTS BOTH IN AFRICA AND IN EUROPE, WHERE THEIR PERFORMANCES IN “AFRIKA! AFRIKA!” HAVE GREATLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS ANDRÉ HELLER CIRCUS SHOW. BACK TO AFRICA FOLLOWS THE FIVE PROTAGONISTS OVER A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR: DURING REHEARSALS, IN THE SHOW – BUT MOSTLY DURING THEIR VISITS TO THEIR HOME COUNTRIES IN AFRICA. SET IN THEIR CULTURAL AND PERSONAL BACKGROUNDS, THE PERFORMERS, MUSICIANS AND DANCERS BECOME REAL. THE FILM EXPLORES THE EXTRAORDINARY ENERGY AND ADVENTUROUS LIFE STORIES OF THESE ARTISTS, CONVEYING VERY PERSONAL INSIGHTS INTO THE AFRICAN WAY OF LIFE AND, USING SPECTACULAR IMAGES, SHOWING THEIR IMMEDIATE ENVIRONMENTS AND THE VAST LANDSCAPES IN WHICH THEY LIVE ...
