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Speelfilm, 2016, 80 min.

In the countless photographs - from family snapshots to military propaganda - constituting this cinematographic experiment, the revered Japanese volcano Mount Fuji keeps reappearing as a silent sentinel. Meanwhile, the soundtrack unfolds a fictional story about an English woman and her deceased Japanese lover who once scaled the mountain. Memories set off a flood of associations that gradually broadens the horizon. From touchingly personal to historical and philosophical, with reflections on the meaning we give to the world.

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