FINIS TERRAE (1929) + LIVE SCORE at Filmhouse, Edinburgh
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CINETOPIA PRESENTS: ‘FINIS TERRAE’ ON TOUR
Jean Epstein’s 1929 silent drama reimagined with live performance of a bold new, original score - co-created by Edinburgh-based composer/musician Dan Abrahams and French drummer Philippe Boudot.
★★★★ - THE SCOTSMAN (reviewed at HippFest, March 2026)
On the treeless, windswept islet of Bannec off the Breton coast, four seaweed harvesters set up camp for the season, smoke billowing from their pyres of burning algae…
Tensions arise when the two younger men, Ambroise and Jean-Marie, fight over a broken wine bottle. Ambroise cuts his thumb on the glass and Jean-Marie accuses him of stealing his knife.
Tensions and distrust grow, as Ambroise’s cut becomes infected - unbeknownst to the other men - causing his work to become slow. When his condition worsens, Jean-Marie discovers him, delirious and feverish, and sets out for Ouessant island, across the fog-laden sea, to reach a doctor.
Shot in a documentary-style, using local non-actors, Jean Epstein’s camera reveals an unforgiving, isolated environment where men live a hard, rudimentary existence of toil against the sea and the elements.
Through experimental techniques, Epstein frames the landscape, the sky, and the waters in a highly poetic visual style, rich in atmosphere, and a dual sense of menace and beauty.
Screening at Filmhouse, Edinburgh on 16 September, 8.30pm
Jean Epstein’s 1929 silent drama reimagined with live performance of a bold new, original score - co-created by Edinburgh-based composer/musician Dan Abrahams and French drummer Philippe Boudot.
★★★★ - THE SCOTSMAN (reviewed at HippFest, March 2026)
On the treeless, windswept islet of Bannec off the Breton coast, four seaweed harvesters set up camp for the season, smoke billowing from their pyres of burning algae…
Tensions arise when the two younger men, Ambroise and Jean-Marie, fight over a broken wine bottle. Ambroise cuts his thumb on the glass and Jean-Marie accuses him of stealing his knife.
Tensions and distrust grow, as Ambroise’s cut becomes infected - unbeknownst to the other men - causing his work to become slow. When his condition worsens, Jean-Marie discovers him, delirious and feverish, and sets out for Ouessant island, across the fog-laden sea, to reach a doctor.
Shot in a documentary-style, using local non-actors, Jean Epstein’s camera reveals an unforgiving, isolated environment where men live a hard, rudimentary existence of toil against the sea and the elements.
Through experimental techniques, Epstein frames the landscape, the sky, and the waters in a highly poetic visual style, rich in atmosphere, and a dual sense of menace and beauty.
Screening at Filmhouse, Edinburgh on 16 September, 8.30pm
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Filmhouse Edinburgh, 88 Lothian Road,Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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