| Short
synopsis : Milo is overcome
with regrets, concerning his relationship with his ex-wife recently died and also his
professional life. A sentence taken from one of Danilo Ki novels, inhabits him as if
it was his own thought.
Synopsis :
Dushan and Eve are worried about the state of their friend
Milo. They visit him at the apartment of his ex-wife Beatrice, who recently died and
where Milo temporarily settled. Milo is overcome with regrets. In the midst of
this, he is absorbed by the book he is finishing about the writer Danilo Ki. A
sentence taken from one of Ki novels starts inhabiting Milo as if it was his
own thought.
The three friends are confronted with what links them:
responsibility, jealousy and guilt. But in the spirit of Milo, as in the film, the
line between life and literature is blurred more and more. Inspired by the literary
universe of Ki.
Director's biofilmography :
Nancy Baric lives in Montréal. She graduated with a degree
in Cinema from Concordia University in 1999, and also has a degree in Art History and
Studio Arts. She has made 6 short fiction and experimental films in super 8 mm, 16mm and
35mm and video. All Things in Motionless Triumph, (16mm, 7min., 1999) was
selected at more than 15 festivals worldwide. The Guides, (super 8 and video,
3min., co-directed with Nicolas Renaud) follows in 2004. She has also directed and shot an
institutional documentary for the American Refugee Committee for their " Repatriation
Programme " in 2001. She has also worked in various production companies in Montréal
and was the cinematographer for the video "La vallée des réputations" by Jean
Leloup. Recently she collaborated with Nicolas Renaud again to create an experimental
project to be presented as a film loop at the Cinémathèque québécoise. In 2006 she
wrote, produced and directed the short fiction film Milo et Ki, her
second film in French. |