Hypermoon

Hypermoon, the third part of Mia Engberg’s Belleville trilogy, was made at a time when the director had no idea how long she was likely to live following an unexpected medical diagnosis. She takes a journey into her own history, making what she believed would be her last film. The myriad of images in the film, drawn from various media sources such as  Super 8, mobile and archival material, depict moments from the past, the present, and the altered perception experienced when morphine kicks in. In the film we follow Mia’s long intensive treatment, a child astronaut’s lonely journey through space, and ageing gangster Vincent, who finds old film footage in his basement. Hypermoon is an intimate and poetic film that draws threads across time and place, a story about memory and the fragility of existence.