The Seven Last Words

Asafilmmaker,musicianandcomposer,KavehNabatiandoesn’twanttochoosebetweenmusicandfilm.He’drathercombinebothdisciplinesasfaraspossible.Forinstanceinthismultidisciplinaryproject,forwhichhecooperatedwithsixotherCanadianfilmmakersandtheBritishCallinoStringQuartet.It’sbasedonthecommissionedcompositionTheSevenLastWordsofOurSaviourontheCross(1787)byJosephHaydn–apiecethatisaspecialfavouritearoundEasterandwhichgrippinglyexpressesthestateofthesufferingChristonthecross.<br/>　　EachofthedirectorsinthisomnibusfilmprovidestheirownverypersonalviewofthethemesinHaydn’spiece:forgiveness,redemption,abandonmentandreunion.Nabatianhimselfmadetheintriguingintroductionandtheconcluding'earthquake',whichframethesevenshortfilms.Thesefilmsareveryvariedingenreandstyle:fiction,documentary,experimental,magicrealistandsometimesalsosoberlyfilmed–intimateandpersonal.