Anders, Molussien
Differently, Molussia
Nicolas Rey – F 2011 – 81 min. 
C+E+S+P: Nicolas Rey – Speaker: Peter Hoffmann
16mm – German
Grand Prix, Cinéma du Réel, Paris
A film in nine chapters, shown in random order and based on fragments from the novel Günther Anders (what means "differently") wrote between 1932 and 1936: "The Molussian Catacomb". Prisoners sitting in the pits of an imaginary fascist state, Molussia, transmit one another stories about the outside world like a series of philosophical fables.
"I wanted to make a film based on a novel that I couldn't read, since it was written in a language that I don't understand, and there's no translation. Strange idea, you might say. But it's a matter of trust. Maybe a little bit of intuition, but mostly trust. All that I knew was the fictional framing: prisoners, plunged into the darkness of a jail in an imaginary fascist state, Molussia, tell each other stories about the outside, like so many philosophically inclined fables. Looking back I can say that I made no mistake; the novel is profoundly topical today." – Nicolas Rey
Nicolas Rey, born in 1968, is a co-founder and member of the collective film atelier "L’Abonimable". Since 1993 he has been making films that combine elements of photography, documentary film, and experimental film.
Films (selection): opera mundi 1999 – Les Soviets plus l’électricité 2001 (1. UNDERDOX) – Schuss! 2005 (1. UNDERDOX) – Anders, Molussien 2011