Movie Details
Original Language:English
Ariana
DirectorMarine Hugonnier
19 min
Plot
Ariana tells the story of a film crew that sets out to visit the Pandjsher Valley in Northern Afghanistan Described in classic Persian poetry as a paradise garden the impenetrable nature of the valley and its lush fertile landscape have set it apart from the rest of the country and encouraged a history of independence and resistance Hugonniers film considers how the specificities of a landscape help to determine its history After the crew is unable to film the valley from a vantage point in the surrounding Hindu Kush mountains Ariana becomes the story of a failed project that prompts a process of reflection about the panorama as a form of strategic overview as a cinematic camera move and its origins as precinematic mass entertainment
