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That Which Is to Come Is Just a Promise

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That Which Is to Come Is Just a Promise

That Which Is to Come Is Just a Promise

That Which Is to Come Is Just a Promise

original title:

That Which Is to Come Is Just a Promise

italian title:

Quello che verrà è solo una promessa

directed by:

Flatform

screenplay:

Flatform

editing:

Flatform

visual effects:

Reinier Van Brummelen

production:

Dugong Films, Serious Film, Blueskin Films, Rai Cinema, supported by Ministero della Cultura, with the support of Ministero dell’Ambiente della Tutela del Territorio e del Mare, Netherland Film Fund

country:

Italy/Netherlands/New Zealand

year:

2019

film run:

20'

format:

DCP - colour

status:

Ready (23/04/2019)

festivals & awards:

In the course of a long, slow take over Funafuti, both drought and floods appear in a constant uninterrupted rhythm. The state of flux between both type of events is reflected in the places and actions of the inhabitants making the island's extremes seem familiar: the air is riven with waiting and suspension. The island of Funafuti, in the archipelago of Tuvalu, for some years now has become the stage for a unique phenomenon. Due to the unnatural warming of the sea, saltwater seeps into the subsoil bubbling up through the porous terrain provoking floods which put the future of life on this island at risk.