Completed - FINNISH, PORTUGUESE - Documentary - 87 minutes
Year of production : 2007 Director(s) : Mika KAURISMAKI Writer(s) : Mika KAURISMAKI Producer(s) : Marco FORSTER (Marco Forster Productions), Rose-Marie SCHNEIDER (Doc Productions GmbH)
For most people music is a marvelous experience and part of their life whether or not they play an instrument themselves. They understand music and rhythm as a fundamental communication tool of mankind. Mika Kaurismäki`s new film SONIC MIRROR is a surprising and emotional dive into the world of rhythm - an extraordinary trip to discover the magic relationship between Life and Rhythm. Drum legend Billy Cobham takes us from the bandstands of the Western world to the primal music of African origin with kids in a Brazilian community and on to the completely secluded world of musical experiences of autists. These different worlds are yet connected in a mystical and secret way. The relation between the collective and the individual consciousness becomes obvious when, in a fantastic final, the symbiosis is achieved. Music is emotion. Music is communication. Music is identity. Music as a true universal language to express hope, love, ambition and joy. SONIC MIRROR is a film full of vibrancy and compassion, authentic and hypnotic from the first to the very last moment.
Country(ies) : SWITZERLAND, FINLAND, GERMANY, FRANCE