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Synopsis
The film follows contemporary artist Miquel Barceló into the heart of Dogon country. An old Malian legend says that every human being has a doppelganger, a kind of twin brother that can live somewhere at some point in time and whom we all have to find before we can become one with our true and unique self. Barceló believes he has found his doppelganger in the person of François Augiéras, the other white artist who lived before him in this area.
- Screenplay:
- Isaki Lacuesta
- Cinematography:
- Diego Dussuel
- Sound:
- Amanda Villavieja, Jürg von Allmen
- Edit:
- Domingo Parra
- Music:
- Gerard Gil
- Cast:
- Barceló Miquel, Cisse Alou, Bokar Dembele
- Production Company:
- Tusitala P.C., Bord Cadre films
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Director's statement
When I made "The Double Steps", I was fascinated by the elusive figure of François Augiéras and the myth surrounding art hidden in the desert. I wanted to blur the line between documentary and fiction, between historical trace and imagined reconstruction. The film follows artists searching for lost paintings in Mali, but what interested me most was the act of searching itself—the way absence fuels creation. The desert becomes a space of memory and mirage, where truth shifts with perspective. **The film ultimately suggests** that art survives not only through preservation, but through reinvention, and that mystery is sometimes more powerful than certainty.