Faraway Roots
2002, French. Directed by Pierre-Yves Vandeweerd.
I travelled across Mauritania to find a tree that I saw from my window in Belgium. It wasn't a mythical tree, but rather one that could be anywhere. On my way, I met men and women who shared their perception of this quest and in doing so, in a roundabout way they shared some of their visions of the world and of existence. For some, my tree was the sign from the spirits, of the invisible or a call from light. For others, it was the symbol of a history, a culture or the end of a period in time. For yet others, it was a tree that you see only when you get lost...
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- 1h 12m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- French
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- Released
- 1 January 2002
- Original title
- Racines lointaines
- Country
- Belgium, Mauritania
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Who directed Faraway Roots?
Faraway Roots (2002) was directed by Pierre-Yves Vandeweerd.