Mitten follows the final weeks of rehearsal of Mitten wir im Leben sind, a performance by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, her company Rosas and cellist Jean- Guihen Queyras, based on the six cello suites by Johann Sebastian Bach. The film offers a glance into De Keersmaeker’s meticulous working process, building a choreographic universe by studying the musical composition. This intense creative process of continuously reshaping and honing, characterised by an inexhaustible longing for precision and detail, is reflected in the filmmakers' patient look at the work of the choreographer, the musician and the dancers.
with Boštjan Antončič, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Marie Goudot, Julien Monty, Michaël Pomero & Jean-Guihen Queyras
a film by Olivia Rochette & Gerard-Jan Claes
production Rasmus Van Heddeghem & Ruben Desiere
image Olivia Rochette
sound Lennert De Taeye
editing Dieter Diependaele
sound editing Sabrina Calmels
sound mixing Aline Gavroy
colour grading Raphaëlle Dufosset
production Rosas Hans Galle
planning Rosas Anne Van Aerschot
supervising producer 24images Farid Rezkallah
line producer 24images Julie Charrier
post-production - video Pom'Zed
post-production - sound Actarus & Alea Jacta Post Production
graphic design Casier/Fieuws
music Cello Suites (BWV 1007-1012) by Johann Sebastian Bach
distribution Belgium Dalton Distribution
produced by Accattone films
a collaboration with Rosas
a co-production with 24images, Mezzo, Kaaitheater and De Munt / La Monnaie & Sadler's Wells
with the support of Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, Canvas, RTBF & Le Mans Télévision
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