Somniculus (2017)
Filmed inside a series of empty museum galleries across Paris, Somniculus (the Latin word for “light sleep”) articulates the tension between the lives of dead objects and the living world that surrounds them. Artefacts from museums of ethnography, archaeology and natural sciences are all presented in their existing cultural context as the surviving objects of human interest.
Director: Ali Cherri
Runtime: 15 min
Release Date: February 14, 2017
Original Language: en
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Somniculus about?
- Filmed inside a series of empty museum galleries across Paris, Somniculus (the Latin word for “light sleep”) articulates the tension between the lives of dead objects and the living world that surrounds them. Artefacts from museums of ethnography, archaeology and natural sciences are all presented in their existing cultural context as the surviving objects of human interest.
- Who directed Somniculus?
- Somniculus was directed by Ali Cherri.
- How long is Somniculus?
- Somniculus has a runtime of 15m (15 minutes).