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Soldier of the Road: A Portrait of Peter Brötzmann

2012 · 93 min Documentary
5.0 / 10 · TMDB

How do you become Peter Brötzmann? How do you become what you are: a painter, a musician, an absolute artist? Europe was nothing but a ruin and shame possessed the heart of the young Germans. They needed to invent, scream, regain a lost brotherhood. Overcome this silence! That’s how some young German, British, Dutch, Belgian… musicians made Europe exist long before Maastrich and have kept on cherishing, imperturbably, their freedom! They are no longer twenty-year-olds, but others have followed. They set themselves one constraint: reinvent everything every time. A way to take the very instant into account, to let the unexpected in, to match to the world.

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Year 2012
Genre Documentary
Director Bernard Josse
Runtime 93 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.0/10 (4 votes)

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The film constructs a portrait through accumulation: layers of sound, road dust, archival glimpses, and the physicality of performance. It relies on the contrast between explosive live moments and quiet reflection, exploring art as a lifelong act of uncompromising freedom.

What lingers after viewing is the raw vibration of a life dedicated to artistic truth, a testament to the enduring power of creative resistance. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Bernard Josse

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