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A small nation's memory is not smaller than the memory of a large one
and so can digest the existing material more thoroughly.
Elle gagne en profondeur et en lointain ce qu' elle n'a pas en étendue.
"Mécanomagie" describes the ancient circle of sowing, growing and harvesting; a universe composed of religion, rituals and the mysterious powers of nature. The film invades the collective conscious of a landscape: the Ardennes in the northern part of Luxembourg. Simultaneously, the film tells us about the Jitzerten, humanoid beings zigzaging over trails and roads without being noticed by the indigenous inhabitants. "Mécanomagie" employs the techniques of real-life animation; it is a film about the encounter of time and space, about the expansion of perception and its deception. The surreal effects of pixillation create their own world, hallucinating as a strange dream.
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