简介：NormanManeawasborninBucovinain1936;bothheandhisfamilyweredeportedtoaconcentrationcampin1941.Hesurvived,becameawriter,andemigratedfromRomaniatotheWestin1986.TodayhelecturesandwritesinNewYork.Suchbiographicalinformationabouttheauthorisnotrevealeduntilwellintothefilm.Priorityisgiventohisliterature,whichisplaceddirectlyintheframe:intertitlescontainingextensive,stronglyautobiographicalexcerptsfromManea’sworkssettherhythm,supplementedbyobservationsofthewriter’sappearanceasapublicfigureatbookfairsandseminars.Imagesfromthepresentdayalsoshowdifferentstationsofhislife,suchasaJewishcemeteryinUkraine.Amulti-layeredtextureiscreated,weavingtogetherthewrittenandspokenword,16mmfilmanddigitalfootage,black-and-whiteandcolour,soundcollagesandnoise.Itisafilmoffragmentswhosecontextsremainvague;thisisnocoherentlynarratedportraitofanartist.Instead,Lebeaudangeraskshowmemoriesandexperiencesofexileandalienationcanbeconveyedbothinliteratureandinfilm,suggestinganopen,essayisticformastheanswertoitsownquestion.(Berlinale2014)…