A Cooler Climate

2022 | Color | 75:00

In this deeply personal documentary, James Ivory shares scenes filmed during a life-changing trip to Afghanistan in 1960. This unleashes a Proustian reverie in which he recounts his life as traveler, outsider, and artist. He alternates between the incredible images he recorded in Kabul and Bamiyan and his own story: growing up in Oregon, coming to terms with his sexual identity, and embarking on what would become a legendary film career.

Country: Reino Unido
Direction: Ivory; James, Gardner; Giles
Script: Ivory; James, Gardner; Giles
Production: Faivre; Bertrand
Photography: Gardner; Giles
Sound: Marsalet; Gilles
Music: Desplat; Alexandre
Participation year at FICM: 2023

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