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The Natural History of Destruction

The Natural History of Destruction · The Natural History of Destruction

Sergei Loznitsa

2022, DEU, LTU, NLD, 112', M12


Competição Internacional 2022

18 Nov 2022 · Cinema Trindade · 14H30

20 Nov 2022 · Passos Manuel · 22H00


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Sergei Loznitsa's return to Porto/Post/Doc (after The Event, in 2015; Donbass, in 2018 and Babi Yar. Context, in the past) is made with a symphonic essay, entirely made up of archive footage, which adapts the book of the same name by W.G. Sebald, written in 1999, where the author examines the perception and understanding of the holocaust through post-war European literature. A film that asks us a question (which is equally valid for today): is it morally acceptable to use the civilian population as a weapon of war?
The Natural History of Destruction premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2022.