The Rites of Passage (2025)

Peering through tiny holes that beetles have chewed through a now-dead bark, a spruce monoculture in decline slowly reveals itself. Besides an ecological-economic history, it also carries a spiritual legacy: semicircles of oak poles aligned with the solstices bear witness to a prehistoric sun observatory, once used for supernatural rituals. Florian Fischer and Johannes Krell take us on a phantasmagorical journey that challenges human understanding of change and history with a geological and almost mythological perspective.

• Release Date: 2025-02-02
• Runtime: 0h 14min
• Production Company: Rosen Pictures GbR
• Production Country: Germany
• Directors: Florian Fischer, Johannes Krell.