N – THE MADNESS OF REASON
DCP / HD - 2014 - Belgium / Germany / Netherlands - 102 min - color - creative documentary
N – THE MADNESS OF REASON
Original title: N -THE MADNESS OF REASON
A film by Peter Krüger
N is a story of an unusual obsession. N recounts the story of the Frenchman Raymond Borremans, who left Europe for Africa in the mid-20th-century. He devoted his life to the creation of the first encyclopaedia of this other world, dreaming of eternal recognition. He died, however, having only reached the letter N. With his encyclopaedia incomplete, his restless spirit drifts around West Africa, caught between life and death, past and present. Why has he returned to the living ? An African woman who helps restless spirits find peace, tries to lead him towards his destiny. When confronted with civil war, he is shattered. His encyclopaedic mind bent on drawing borders, on definitions and categorizations finds the contingencies of reality less easy to cope with. This is the story of how he tries to complete his unfinished task from beyond death. N is, both visually and musically, a truly striking film. It is a multi-layered audio-visual symphony of great narrative richness. And it turns on the reason and the madness that inspired Borreman's monumental project. Hovering between dream and reality, this magical film plays on the confrontation between the Western mind and African spirituality.
Original language: French
Produced by: Peter Krüger, Daniel de Valck (Cobra Films) Jos & Wink de Putter (Dieptescherpte), Meike Martens (Blinker Filmproduktion), Guy & Wilfried van Baelen (Mollywood)
Festivals:
Berlin International Film Festival 2014 - Section Forum
Festival des films du monde Canada 2014
Edinburgh International film Festival 2014
Cambridge Film Festival 2014
New Taipei City Film Festival 2014
Film Africa 2014, London
Vancouver International Film Festival 2014
Official Selection Les Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal 2014 - Quebec Premiere
8th Cinema Vérité, Iran International Documentary Film Festival 2014
Pune International Film Festival 2014
18th Annual European Union Film Festival, USA 2014
Cinemigrante Film Festival, Argentina 2014
Pan African Film Festival 2014, Los Angeles
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Peter Krüger
Peter Krüger is active as a writer, director and producer. He obtained an MA in Philosophy at the University of Leuven in 1993 and has followed various courses of the Media Programme and master classes in script-writing, actor's direction and cinematography. In 1993, Peter co-founded Inti Films, an independent production company which focuses on the production of creative documentaries and director's films with a trans-national relevance and for an international market. His last film ANTWERP CENTRAL won the Grand Prize at the 2011 International Festival of Films on Art in Montreal and was released in Belgian cinemas.
