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Emergence
Emergence
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EMERGENCE

Directed by Bill Viola
United States, 2002
Avant-Garde, Short

Synopsis

Two women are seen sitting on either side of a marble cistern in a small courtyard. They wait patiently in silence, only occasionally acknowledging each other’s presence. The younger woman watches in disbelief as a young man’s head appears, and then his body rises up, spilling water over the sides.

Synopsis

Two women are seen sitting on either side of a marble cistern in a small courtyard. They wait patiently in silence, only occasionally acknowledging each other’s presence. The younger woman watches in disbelief as a young man’s head appears, and then his body rises up, spilling water over the sides.