On the French island of Mont Saint-Michel, Jack, a failed presidential candidate, Tom, a poet and Sonia, a physicist, engage in an intellectual conversation about politics, philosophy and life over the course of a single day.
Cinematography
Mont Saint-Michel does HEAVY lifting as fourth character
Writing
Fritjof Capra's brother adapted his own systems theory book
Acting
Liv Ullmann makes quantum mechanics sound like heartbreak
Director
Bernt Amadeus Capra
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bernt Capra is Fritjof Capra's brother; the entire screenplay adapts Fritjof's book 'The Turning Point' about systems theory and Western culture's crises.
Released in 1991, its warnings about fragmented political discourse and ecological collapse felt academic then—now feel like documentary.
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