This work is Malani's interpretation of 'The Job' by Bertold Brecht,
set by Brecht during the depression in Germany. It carries the memories
of an impoverished woman who had to impersonate her dead husband
in order to procure his job as a night watchman. She has two small
children and takes on a 'wife' to complete the disguise. After an
accident her identity is discovered and she is not anymore allowed
to carry on her work. Jobless she is forced to walk the darker side
of live to survive. The animation shows expressive paintings as
fragments from the memory. During shooting Malani painted the images
on a glass plate, shot them, partially erased the original, added
to it, shot again, and so forth. Her own language of form is central
to this narrative animation
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