FILM

Disorient
Florence Aigner, Laurent Van Lancker, 2010, BE, video, 36'

A polyphony of tales by migrants who return to their homeland after having lived abroad. Whether they are Vietnamese, Iranian, Chinese, Pakistani, academics, political refugees or students, they all are confronted with a second exile: coming home. They also share the capacity to analyse the differences between the cultures they have lived in with humour, critical distance and lived experiences. This experimental documentary moulds this polyphony of tales in a minimalist, impressionistic form. Only a few traces of images, of travelling, of material culture, appear above the voices and soundscapes, just as there remain only shadows and memories of their presence abroad.