Faces of the Hand
A documentary by Tamás Wormser
The human hand is a miracle we take for granted. This NFB film holds it up as a mirror to human nature, travelling through cultures and experiences, from cave art thirty millennia old to computer-controlled robot hands: poetry and anthropology, science and art, the sacred and the profane.
Director and Writer Tamás Wormser Producer Kent Martin Executive Producer Don Haig Cinematographer Kent Nason Editor Denise Beaudoin Sound Diane Carrière Composer, Cello Erich Kory Percussion Ganesh Anandan Narrator Susan Glover Music Editor Chris Crilly Foley Artist Jérôme Decarie
Original, beautiful, low-key… makes hands very sexy.
An extraordinarily moving work that reveals poetry and wonder in the everyday world.
At once informative and poetic, Faces of the Hand is a gorgeous montage of various images of the hand at work.
A fascinating and lyric journey… of excellent quality.