The movie
Neutrino met nagesprek met de makers
This film shows how the elusive elementary particle called “neutrino” manages to bridge the gap between scientific research and village life, between the invisible quantum world and tangible reality, and between the will to know and the magic of not-knowing.
Length: 77 min
Country: Nederland
Language spoken: Engels, Japans, Nederlands
Language subtitles: Nederlands
Cast:
Director: Hannie van den Bergh Jan van den Berg
Release date: 25/09/2024
Description
After the screening, there will be a discussion with filmmakers Hannie van den Bergh and Jan van den Berg.
In collaboration with Studium Generale, we are screening the intriguing documentary Neutrino.
For the study of the neutrino, you’ll find the Super-Kamiokande neutrino detector in a mountain in Japan. The quantum world and village life converge in this unique documentary. After the screening, there will be a discussion with filmmakers Hannie van den Bergh and Jan van den Berg.
Neutrino is a poetic-philosophical documentary that illustrates the interconnectedness of an elementary particle, 'countless gods,' chestnut picking, pixels on a computer screen, and the art of making tofu. Through encounters with colorful scientists and villagers, the film shows how the neutrino bridges the gap between international scientific research and daily life in a mountain village, between the invisible quantum world and tangible reality, and between the desire for knowledge and the magic of not knowing.
Fascinated by an eccentric elementary particle, the filmmakers embark on a research journey to the Super-Kamiokande Neutrino Detector, a prestigious physics experiment located more than a thousand meters deep inside a mountain in Japan. In the mountain village, international scientists live and work together with the local population. Thus, two worlds come together that initially seem to have nothing in common. The living world of the elderly residents of a former mining village and the research world of international physicists conducting scientific research within that same mountain. While one group mainly focuses on the visible nature with which they coexist—the mountains, trees, animals, water, and wind—the other group is solely concerned with the 'invisible nature' of the neutrino, pondering whether this so-called ghost particle can explain the origins of the universe.
What begins as a personal journey of discovery into physical knowledge transforms into a universal, existential quest.
In collaboration with Studium Generale, we are screening the intriguing documentary Neutrino.
For the study of the neutrino, you’ll find the Super-Kamiokande neutrino detector in a mountain in Japan. The quantum world and village life converge in this unique documentary. After the screening, there will be a discussion with filmmakers Hannie van den Bergh and Jan van den Berg.
Neutrino is a poetic-philosophical documentary that illustrates the interconnectedness of an elementary particle, 'countless gods,' chestnut picking, pixels on a computer screen, and the art of making tofu. Through encounters with colorful scientists and villagers, the film shows how the neutrino bridges the gap between international scientific research and daily life in a mountain village, between the invisible quantum world and tangible reality, and between the desire for knowledge and the magic of not knowing.
Fascinated by an eccentric elementary particle, the filmmakers embark on a research journey to the Super-Kamiokande Neutrino Detector, a prestigious physics experiment located more than a thousand meters deep inside a mountain in Japan. In the mountain village, international scientists live and work together with the local population. Thus, two worlds come together that initially seem to have nothing in common. The living world of the elderly residents of a former mining village and the research world of international physicists conducting scientific research within that same mountain. While one group mainly focuses on the visible nature with which they coexist—the mountains, trees, animals, water, and wind—the other group is solely concerned with the 'invisible nature' of the neutrino, pondering whether this so-called ghost particle can explain the origins of the universe.
What begins as a personal journey of discovery into physical knowledge transforms into a universal, existential quest.
