Exlibris
Maria Trénor / Spain / 2010 / 12 min
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Four different people at four different times and places read, play and enjoy the same book … each with its ownprivate feelings, fantasies and visuals and sound.
About the Director
The talented Maria Trénor came to the public eye back in 2004 with her extraordinary multi-awarded animation With What Shall I Wash It?. After six years hiatus, she resurfaces with the long-awaited art film Exlibris, a visual poem paying tribute to old books, the shops that sell them and the pleasure of reading.