Mamori (2010): Besetzung, Handlung & Streaming

Released in 2010, Mamori is an animation film directed by Karl Lemieux, running about 8 minutes.

What it’s about. Mamori transports us into a black-and-white universe of fluid shapes, dappled and striated with shadows and light, where the texture of the visuals and of the celluloid itself have been transformed through the filmmaker’s artistry. The raw material of images and sounds was captured in the Amazon rainforest by filmmaker Karl Lemieux and avant-garde composer Francisco López, a specialist in field recordings. Re-filming the photographs on 16 mm stock, then developing the film stock itself and digitally editing the whole, Lemieux transmutes the raw images and accompanying sounds into an intense sensory experience at the outer limits of representation and abstraction. Fragmented musical phrases filter through the soundtrack, evoking in our imagination the clamour of the tropical rainforest in this remote Amazonian location called Mamori.

How it landed. With an audience score of 4.8/10, Mamori has proved divisive with audiences.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Mamori page.

If you liked it. Fans of Mamori tend to enjoy Chihiros Reise ins Zauberland, Your Name. - Gestern, heute und für immer, Die letzten Glühwürmchen and Spider-Man: A New Universe.