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Tripoli Cancelled
Tripoli Cancelled
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TRIPOLI CANCELLED

Directed by Naeem Mohaiemen
Greece, Germany, 2017
Drama, Avant-Garde

Synopsis

A metaphor for the post-Holocaust term of “Der Muselmänner.” A man, prisoner and emperor of an abandoned airport, follows a daily routine of writing letters, talking to mannequins, controlling a rusty plane, and reading from Watership Down. Filmed in Greece’s Ellinikon Airport, abandoned since 2001.

Synopsis

A metaphor for the post-Holocaust term of “Der Muselmänner.” A man, prisoner and emperor of an abandoned airport, follows a daily routine of writing letters, talking to mannequins, controlling a rusty plane, and reading from Watership Down. Filmed in Greece’s Ellinikon Airport, abandoned since 2001.