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- 2020
- Icarus Films
- 3 h 38 m
- 2020
- Icarus Films
- 3 h 38 m
Summary In this immersive film essay, master documentary filmmaker Thomas Heise dives into four generations of his own family archives to trace the profound cultural and political upheaval of Germany's last century.
Directed By: Thomas Heise
Written By: Thomas Heise
- 2020
- Icarus Films
- 3 h 38 m
- 2020
- Icarus Films
- 3 h 38 m
Heimat is a Space in Time
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Summary In this immersive film essay, master documentary filmmaker Thomas Heise dives into four generations of his own family archives to trace the profound cultural and political upheaval of Germany's last century.
Directed By: Thomas Heise
Written By: Thomas Heise
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
75
78% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
22% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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To watch German documentarian Thomas Heise’s marathon family memoir Heimat is a Space in Time, the viewer has to continually analyze the relationship between text and image.
We learn everything there is to know about an entire country through the Heise family’s words. Some passages prove better than others, but none are inconsequential to the whole.
Heimat certainly has the feel of a summative work
In its extreme length and precise technique, it’s decidedly not for everybody. But although it is at times distractingly opaque, occasionally Heise’s family’s words, juxtaposed with his sounds and images, crystallize into something singularly wise about the nexus of place, history and trauma.
Thomas Heise’s documentary seeks to excavate real human thought and feeling beneath the haze of larger political structures.
I was sometimes captivated but often frustrated by this epic essay-film, a meditation on Germany and his own family history that is stark, fierce, austerely cerebral and almost four hours long.
Despite some tedious passages, Heimat Is a Space in Time takes an intriguing approach to history that remains refreshingly rooted in primary sources.
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Production Company
3sat,
Ma.Ja.De Filmproduktion,
Navigator Film.
Release Date Mar 13, 2020
Duration 3 h 38 m
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Awards
Jerusalem Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM)
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Visions du Réel International Film Festival Nyon
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
