What could the fate of the Villa Empain, Baron Empain’s crazy project in Brussels, which has gone through a long and eventful journey since its completion in 1934, possibly inspire? Katharina Kastner’s challenge was to draw the portrait of the place, keeping in mind the work of time, like in a human existence. Shot in 16mm, her film appeals to the senses, it captures the stirring of leaves undulating in the garden light, the movement of iridescent pearls, or the colourful games of a piece by Daniel Buren. Without a word, but with a caressing camera, she pays close attention to the hidden patterns on the gorgeous marbles, or to the veins in the most precious types of wood used to decorate the rooms. In slight touches, regardless of the monumental aspect of the 27.000 square-feet villa and the pool that so impressed its first visitors, Katharina Kastner o ers an organic vision of the place, which has been marked by the trials and tribulations of life, and used successively as a museum, an embassy and a squat, until its final renovation. The clever editing makes furtive connections, underlines colour associations, mixes up times and tactile sensations, while the spaces we explore keep rustling. The film takes us on a reminiscing journey, with slices of Empain’s life, from the family archive here on a holiday, there playing on the beach, images from a distant past that keep haunting the premises. The film reveals to us this living space that was designed like a piece of art, but it does so in a wandering way. This dream vision guides us through the villa like an echo of foregone fantasies, a mental space, but also a welcoming backdrop for the work of time. A bit like the fingerprint work we see in the film, or the slight touch of a pencil on a blank sheet. 家族秘史一名在澳洲以农为业的的占水师康纳(罗素·克劳 Russell Crowe 饰)在第一次世界大战加里波利战役后前往土耳其伊斯坦堡,试图寻找他三个参战阵亡儿子的遗骸。即使一开始遭到军方的百般阻挠,他也不屈不挠,更遇到于伊斯坦堡入住旅馆女主人爱莎(欧嘉·柯瑞兰寇 Olga Kurylenko 饰)及一名曾与他儿子对战的土耳其军官出手协助。康纳抓住一丝希望,为查出真相,穿越饱受战火蹂躏的土地,九死一生,只为寻回儿子阵亡的真相,了结自己及妻子的心愿……