Passion - Last Stop Kinshasa
Director Brigitte Kramer, Jorg Jeshel
Countries
Duration 90 min
Synopsis
"Les ballets C de la B" from Belgium show a new adaption of Bach’s St. Matthew’s passion by Alain Platel and Fabrizio Cassol. After their impressive one-year tour around the world this dance company performed a last show in Congo. "Pitié! Erbarme dich" is a play pleading for more compassion in our daily life. Showing this radical vivid dance-theatre in Africa creates a new dimension for dancers, musicians and audience. Living with more compassion would change our world and Kinshasa is the striking proof for this. The film by Jörg Jeshel and Brigitte Kramer is a music-and-dance-film, a documentary on a rare encounter of classical music and African reality, a celebration of passion and compassion. And it is a reflection on sacred music by breathtaking singers, featuring the young Congolese countertenor Serge Kakudji, in a country struggling to survive.
"Les ballets C de la B" from Belgium show a new adaption of Bach’s St. Matthew’s passion by Alain Platel and Fabrizio Cassol. After their impressive one-year tour around the world this dance company performed a last show in Congo. "Pitié! Erbarme dich" is a play pleading for more compassion in our daily life. Showing this radical vivid dance-theatre in Africa creates a new dimension for dancers, musicians and audience. Living with more compassion would change our world and Kinshasa is the striking proof for this. The film by Jörg Jeshel and Brigitte Kramer is a music-and-dance-film, a documentary on a rare encounter of classical music and African reality, a celebration of passion and compassion. And it is a reflection on sacred music by breathtaking singers, featuring the young Congolese countertenor Serge Kakudji, in a country struggling to survive.