The Burning Wake

TORINO FILM FESTIVAL 2006 Italy
TAMPERE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2007 Finland
BINATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL El Paso (USA)/Ciudad Juarez
(MEXICO) 2006
ROMA DOC. FILM FESTIVAL 2007 Italy
ARCIPELAGO FILM FESTIVAL 2007 Italy
IMAGO FILM FESTIVAL 2007 Portugal

1. Exploration of the importance of physicality and pain in self-awareness, as seen through the eyes of the Kamikaze Circus troupe.
2. Meditation on the ability of the human being to surpass itself through this self-awareness and to reach new heights it never thought possible.

BUENA ONDA FILMS presents a DOCUMENTARY with
John Kamikaze, Ricardo Ernesto Padilla Chavoya, Pascalima Kamikaze, Robin Fonteyne
Supported by <Les Studios de cirque de Marseille> and <Les Kamikazes Circus Company>
Produced by John Kamikaze and Giacomo Cesari
Production support: Helmut Kamikaze
Production assistant: Agoustin Jimenez
Photography/Editing/Live sounds: Giacomo Cesari
Soundtrack composed and directed by Christoph Ruhles
Directed by Giacomo Cesari

Synopsis:
THE BURNING WAKE is the route through a physical and spiritual foreign land by the eyes of the main character; a floating land on dream and reality that becomes a theatre of knowledge and inquiry in its landscapes. A road-documentary where the 'desire of flight' is the only element able to attract the compass needle by the way through the 'border'.

Spiritual guidance: Pierrot Bidon

Circus is a unique form of live performances in which there are no rules. The integration of new ideas or artistic expressions is essential in order to create good contemporary work and to stimulate the emotions. I believe that the essence of all good work is to be found in the performance, in the physicality, originality and inventiveness, poetry and humour. I enjoy the clash of cultures. I use rhythm/fast beats in all my work alongside layers of imagery and strong use of contrast to switch emotions, like a film score.

[Pierrot Bidon]

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