Duckweed

Duckweed

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Release Date

10/16/2026

Runtime

74 mins

Overview

Obscure, aging, and living on the outskirts of London, writer of supernatural fiction Quentin Crisp asks himself a fundamental existential question: ‘Who am I?' This feature-length film-essay is structured around readings of Crisp’s own zuihitsu of the same name, which, in essence, is the story of his life. As we follow Crisp on a walk deeper into the ‘‘little wood’’ of his private landscape, the binaries of success and failure begin to fade away.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

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A meditative essay film that follows an aging writer reflecting on his life and work through readings of his own philosophical writings. It's a quiet, introspective journey into the landscape of one man's inner world and the question of what defines a life.

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ContemplativeWistfulMelancholic

Themes

IdentityMemoryArt and creation

Pacing

Meditative

Look

Documentary-likeNaturalistic

Structure

Framed flashback

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Duckweed (2026) directed by Matthew Berka | FirstCinema