The Grave's Sky

John Gianvito checks in with a sensitive, homebound film diary recorded in the pandemic years 2020-2022. The watchful, wary stance of deer outside his house triggers a series of fragments associated with death, burial, mourning and care: Gianvito calls it 'a requiem'. Snatches of classic soundtracks (including Renoir's Partie de campagne, 1936) and glimpses of news broadcasts expand the private, intimate context. (International Film Festival Rotterdam)