...when you look away
6.0
Have you ever known who was calling before you answered the phone, or felt you were being watched while in an empty room? Is it possible to exist across multiple worlds simultaneously? When her young daughter insists she’s sometimes human and sometimes an animal, filmmaker Phie Ambo wonders what else might exist outside a singular human consciousness. Committing to the principal of randomness, she plumbs the minds of various leading thinkers, from the father of string theory to a Buddhist monk, from a clairvoyant to a janitor. Just as impressive as their fascinating ideas, however, is the visual correlative of this ever-deepening metaphysical query. Who would expect the mysteries of existence to lurk inside the grease trap at an amusement park or in a single cup of tap water? Prepare to have your reality permanently altered by this mind-boggling, impossible and thoroughly compelling film.
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Cast
20 people
Phie Ambo Director
First release March 21, 2017 · Produced in Denmark · Original title Når du kigger væk
Production
Det Danske Filminstitut
Production
Denmark
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Languages
Original title
Når du kigger væk
Original language
Danish
Spoken on screen
Danish
Release dates
Denmark · March 21, 2017
Premiere
No release date listed for United States.
Finland
January 21, 2018 · TV premiere
Netherlands
October 14, 2018 · TV premiere
Poland
May 14, 2017 · Docs Against Gravity Film Festival
South Korea
August 22, 2017 · EBS International Documentary Festival
Sweden
September 21, 2021 · Nordisk Panorama Film Festival
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