Movies / 2010

2010

The Task of the Translator

5.4 10mDrama

Lynne Sachs pays homage to Walter Benjamin’s essay "The Task of the Translator" through three studies of the human body. First, she listens to the musings of a wartime doctor grappling with the task of a kind-of cosmetic surgery for corpses. Second, she witnesses a group of Classics scholars confronted with the haunting yet whimsical task of translating a newspaper article on Iraqi burial rituals into Latin. Finally, she turns to a radio news report on human remains.Lynne Sachs pays homage to Walter Benjamin’s essay "The Task of the Translator" through three studies of the human body. First, she listens to the musings of a wartime doctor grappling with the task of a kind-of cosmetic surge... Read more

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Watch "The Task of the Translator" from streaming services Fandor, Fandor (Prime) released in 2010. It's a drama movie, and has a rating of 5.4 out of 10 from Imdb which is fairly okay for this kind of movie.