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Christoph Schlingensief (1960-2010), German director, playwright and opera director, was one of the most respected contemporary artists. Diagnosed with cancer, Christoph decides to put an ambitious plan into practice: to build an opera, with a school and a theater, in a remote village in Burkina Faso, Africa. As many have noted: “a veritable Fitzcarraldo of the desert”. Guided by the charismatic artist, the film follows his odyssey from talks with his architect Francis Kéré and regular visits to the African country.
Sibylle Dahrendorf
Born in Cologne, Germany, in 1964. She lives in Berlin since 1992. She is a filmmaker, screenwriter and editor of several documentaries and TV newscast, such as Scheitern als Chance (2000) and the episode on Christoph Schlingensief for TV series Deutschland, deine Künstler (2009). This is her first feature documentary.
