The read
It runs a compact 1h 5m.
Synopsis
An ethnographic documentary which looks at the relationship between music and work in predominantly rural cultures. It depicts the lives of fisherman, shepherds and farmers and their relationship with music. The film also describes Basque ancestral instruments, with special emphasis on the origin and history of ‘bertsolarism’ (Basque verse singing) as a form of oral communication.
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Key crew
- Fernando LarruquertDirector
Themes
ethnographicalbasquemusic documentary