Film

Love’s Debris

A meditation on love, life, death and the human voice.

5.3

2h 10m

1996

“A meditation on love, life, death and the human voice.”

Synopsis

German director Werner Schroeter invited his favourite opera singers to a 13th century abbey near Paris. There was no pre-planned action. There was no script, no continuity. On the other hand, there were precise constraints that provided the rules of the game: the setting, the Abbey of Royaumont, and the chosen participants. Each singer came accompanied by a person of his or her choice, and worked on an aria chosen by the director.