Short film by Nils Agdler & Fröydi Laszlo.
A man sets off for a mountain expedition in search for a special stone, the Heartstone. It has been asleep in the river for thousands of years. Like a defibrillator he slowly awakens the stone by the movement of his footsteps. When the man finds his beloved Heartstone, he first caresses it with a gentle hand and then ties it up, dragging it through water, moss and mud. Through an inner voice, the Heartstone tries to communicate it’s ambivalent feelings of being treated this way.
How is the longing for love expressed, in works of art and when becoming one half of a couple? How does feelings, dreams and inspiration, conscious- and unconsciously, flow through the now connected bodies? And how close is it possible to be to the vision of love?
Even if a dream or emotion is expressed, the receiving part will always have to make a translation and connect the message to his or her own experience.
The spoken words are inspired by the writings of T.S. Elliot (the poem "The Waste Land" in particular) and dedicated to his first wife, Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot.
PRODUCTION
Producer: Nils Agdler & Fröydi Laszlo
Writer: Nils Agdler & Fröydi Laszlo
Director: Nils Agdler
Cast: Nils Agdler
Cinematographer: Nils Agdler
Editor: Nils Agdler
Voice: Fröydi Laszlo
Sound recording: Nils Agdler & Andreas Nylén
Sound design: Martin Ekman
Length: 9:15 min
Format: UHD 2160p/HD 1080p
Release: World Premiere in the gallery Ahlbergshallen, Östersund, Sweden, 2018
FESTIVAL SELECTION
April 6, 2019, Film Festival Fivehundredthousand at Deptford Cinema London, UK
June 5, 2019, City Arts Nottingham at the Institute of Mental Health Nottingham, UK
April 2, 2024, Gallery 54, Gothenburg, Sweden
