Two Rivers – Two Songs
A film by Sarah Derendinger
Synopsis
The musician and composer Fortunat Frölich is traveling to Morocco with a Swiss choir. He plans to perform the intercultural project "Sing oh Wave" in Rabat, together with the Choeur du Maroc and their director Sanae El Amri. Fortunat Frölich puts two songs in the center of a composition, which combines polyphonic songs of the Swiss minority of the Rumantsch with ornamentations and quarter tones of the unisonous Moroccan songs. Each song praises a river – on the one hand the river Inn, which has its source in the Swiss mountains in the Engadine valley and on the other hand the river Bouregreg, which reaches the Mediterranean Sea in Rabat. Just as the lyrics in the songs reveal the cultural differences, the encounter of the two choirs shows, that Swiss and Moroccan conventions don't merge without any attrition.
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Technical Details
| Format | HDCAM |
|---|---|
| Duration | 52 min |
| Year | 2013 |
| Original Language | Swissgerman, French |
| Subtitles | German, English, French |
| Country | Switzerland |
| ISAN | 0000-0003-6AC2-0000-P-0000-0000-0 |
More Infos
- Credits
Protagonists
Fortunat Frölich
Sanae El Amri
choR inteR kultuR
Choeur du Maroc
Written and directed by
Sarah Derendinger
1. Director of photography
Aladin Hasic
2. Director of photography
Sarah Derendinger
Sound
Jean-Pierre Gerth
Assistant director
Martin Cantieni
Producer
Hercli Bundi
Production manager
Peter Zwierko
Assistant producers
Philippe Favre
Ulla Wentenschuh
Vera Kovac
Producers Marocco
Hicham Hajji
Mohamed Ouaglou
Editing and mixing
Manfred Zazzi
Color-grading
EgliFilm
Original music
Chanta O Unda
Komposition Fortunat Frölich
Editor SRF
Anita Hugi
Urs Augstburger
With support of
Swisslos Kulturförderung Kanton Graubünden
Teleproduktions-Fonds GmbH
Ernst Göhner Stiftung
Succès Passage Antenne
Biblioteca Engiadinaisa
Corporaziun dals cumüns concessiunaris da las OEE
Maroc Culture
