Leonard Peters
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The Translator
De vertaler
14 min, fiction, 2020
Premiered in Lumiere Cinema, Maastricht (NL), 31 January 2020
About the film
A human figure dressed in white wanders through the snowy, desolate landscapes of the Swiss–French mountains. A voice reads a letter to The Translator, reflecting on a shared past. The film unfolds at a slow pace, working with long takes inspired by Andrei Tarkovsky. The narrative is based on experiences from my early childhood and marks an early exploration of my relationship with nature. Is nature something we look at, or are we part of it? By making this film, I wanted to become part of the landscape and allow the human figure to merge with it.
Director, editor, D.O.P. voice-over: Leonard Peters
Directorial coaching: Quirine Racké & Helena Muskens
Wanderer: Zoé Philipona
Assistant Diectorr: Lauren Thiel
Location Scout: Dania Garcia Flores
Costume: Céline Marchon
Studio recording: Kim Konings
Technical supportr: Jo van Laar, Hans Lasschuit
A human figure dressed in white wanders through the snowy, desolate landscapes of the Swiss–French mountains. A voice reads a letter to The Translator, reflecting on a shared past. The film unfolds at a slow pace, working with long takes inspired by Andrei Tarkovsky. The narrative is based on experiences from my early childhood and marks an early exploration of my relationship with nature. Is nature something we look at, or are we part of it? By making this film, I wanted to become part of the landscape and allow the human figure to merge with it.
Director, editor, D.O.P. voice-over: Leonard Peters
Directorial coaching: Quirine Racké & Helena Muskens
Wanderer: Zoé Philipona
Assistant Diectorr: Lauren Thiel
Location Scout: Dania Garcia Flores
Costume: Céline Marchon
Studio recording: Kim Konings
Technical supportr: Jo van Laar, Hans Lasschuit