The Kaplinski System
The Kaplinski System, Estonia, France, 2011, 54 min, DVD, HD, Arts and Culture, Personal View, Philosophy, Portrait
Two friends, one a French photographer and filmmaker, the other a famous Estonian thinker and poet. Two people from two different generations, but a great friendship. For several weeks, Räphael Gianelli-Meriano filmed Jaan Kaplinski’s everyday life at his house in the countryside, in his domestic context. Jaan Kaplinski is an appreciated literary figure. His poems have been translated into twenty different languages and are read on every continent. He has often been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Raphäel Gianelli-Meriano loves Estonia and he realized many films and a photographic work about the Estonian country. This film is a reflection on the role of a contemporary poet, on nature as he sees it and the current place of poetry in our world.
Director:
Raphaël Gianelli-Meriano
Producer:
Xenia Maingot
Director of photography:
Raphaël Gianelli-Meriano
Original idea:
Raphaël Gianelli-Meriano
Dramaturgy:
Raphaël Gianelli-Meriano
Co Producer:
Pille Rünk
Screenplay:
Raphaël Gianelli-Meriano
Editor:
Marine Benveniste, Gérard Vincent, Cédric Laty Lamphighter
Music:
Jonas Bonnetta
Languages:
English, Estonian, French
Subtitles:
English
Eaux Vives Productions
(Production company)
8, rue Godillot
93400 Saint Ouen , France
Allfilm
(Coproduction company)
Saue 11
10612 Tallinn, Estonia
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2011, Estonia
East Doc 2011, Canada
FIPA 2012, France
Estonie Tonique Paris 2011 (Festival Estoniaen á Paris et en lle-de-France), France