Austrian filmmaker Manuel Wetscher has fictionalized autobiographical experiences in his feature film debut Eklipse, which will world premiere in the Horizons section of the 83rd edition of the Venice Film Festival on Sept. 5. The title, spelled with a “k” in both its German and English versions, means “eclipse,” signaling how the movie touches on what a solar eclipse does to our vision and understanding – it both brings darkness to Earth as the moon obscures people’s view of the sun, but it also briefly reveals things that otherwise remain hidden to the naked eye. Eklipse is inspired by Wetscher’s experience when details of the death of…
