L'empreinte
2008 · 47m · Documentary
A bakery in Herat in Afghanistan. Twelve hours a day, seven days a week, a dozen employees and apprentices repeat the same gestures, while the camera raises questions about the outside world, about images.
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2008 · ★ 6.4
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Women from Turkey and Mecklenburg are working together side-by-side at a fish-processing factory in Lübeck. As they work, they share stories about their lives, including their sorrows, griefs, hopes, and dreams, while expressing their longing for home and feelings of being lost in a foreign place.
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Document about different types of transportation in manufacturing plants and their importance for speeding up production.
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Threatened by the chains of the mass production, local artisan shops are disappearing along with their knowledge and secrets. Through the portrait of a traditional bakery, “Making Dough' offers an insight into the process of vanishing hand-made work.
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