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Bound

Saburo Teshigawara, Corinna Harfouch, Maria Tirado Nevado, Fitzwilliam String Quartet

A parable on the laws of art - Based on Ilse Aichinger's short story A man wakes up. He is bound. The bonds leave him room to move. He performs in a circus. A woman tries to match his movements in the bonds; she fails to seduce him. The bound man finds a wolf in the forest. In his bonds he is equivalent to the wolf. He brings it to the circus. They perform in the circus. The woman cuts the bonds. The wolf almost kills the man. The woman shoots the wolf. The man goes away.

Facts

Prog. No.
5336
Music genre
Ballet / Dance
Length
46 mins
Director
Jan Schmidt-Garre
Producers
Pars Media, SF-DRS, ORF, ZDF/3sat, NRK
Production year
2002