Coatti

Stavros and Charlotte - i.e. the director and his partner in life and art Charlotte van Gelder - are wandering the streets of a burdensome reality like immigrants tracing the world around them through friendships journeys and political quests. Made with minimal means with a few rolls of black and white film they managed to scrape together this is a thoroughly unconventional film that defies traditional narrative structures spectacularly revealing the director's true vision: a primordial cinema full of imagery that comes out of nowhere and communicates freely like a small wonder. A large slice of the international film critic community - including Frenchman Louis Skorecki who described the film as a comet - will adore "Coatti" and continue to support Tornes' lonely path until the end.