Look, Stranger
Arielle Javitch
»My intention with this film is to tell a story that narrates the physical drama of a displaced person. But I hope the film also offers a vision of something more enigmatic: some of the mystery and loneliness of spiritual longing.«
– Arielle Javitch, Director
Set in the urban wastelands and desolate forests of an unidentified world at war, this is the story of a woman making a dangerous journey home from a refugee camp. When her guide is killed on the road in an arbitrary act of violence, the woman is forced to rely on an angry and disillusioned courier who agrees to travel with her for a price. On her journey, the woman is forced to struggle with the realities of war and a mind damaged and haunted by the past. Longing to believe in something hopeful, the woman forges a fragile bond with the courier. Their fleeting alliance remedies some of the spiritual loneliness of life on the road.
Awards for ›Look, Stranger‹
Sundance Institute‘s Annenberg Feature Film Fellowship 2010
Arielle Javitch
Arielle Javitch, born in 1975, is from New York City. She came to filmmaking from a contemporary dance and performance background, and in 2002 began making short dance films that gradually evolved into short narratives. Her work has been awarded support and recognition from Cinereach, the Sundance Institute/Annenberg Foundation, the Edit Center, New York State Council on the Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts and Dance Films Association. She was also cited as one of Filmmaker Magazine‘s »25 Filmmakers to Watch«. Javitch is a former Fulbright Scholar in modern history. Look, Stranger is her first feature film.
Films by Arielle Javitch
Wishing 2007 | No One 2004 | Diary 2002
