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Title: Qui Sait (Who Knows?)
Music Title & Artist: Qui Sait by Daniel Lavoie
Vidder: ElliCler
Pairing or Character: Holmes/Watson
Verse: Granada
Vidder's Summary: Okay, here's another vid that has been forgotten on my drive far too long and now I finally got to finishing it. The song is in French (Daniel Lavoie has taken over my brain) and the vid is painfully slow. Take the time to read the subtitles and admire the handsome Jeremy Brett =) The theme is, basically, depressed Holmes angsting over his (mis)treatment of Watson and other metaphysical issues. He has scary things in his head, Holmes.
Link: This is an older vid, and I have found no announcement post on LJ, DW, or tumblr, so this link is to Youtube: Qui Sait vid

Reccer's Comments: There are so many wonderful and interesting Granada vids, and this is among the most unusual that I have come across. It explores Holmes's discomfort with himself, his weariness of living inside his own brain, his fear that his heart and soul are inadequate, and his sense that he is fumbling his way through a dark and bleak, yet sometimes beautiful, universe. Watson is a light to him, but one he does not know how to shelter or share. Yet I feel that the vid ends on a hopeful note, with Holmes staring into his own face in the mirror with an expression of dawning revelation.

The vid is beautifully composed, lingering especially on shadows and often framing Holmes's interactions with light and darkness, flames and water. The lyrics of the song are vital to understanding the vid, but they are in French, so if you are not a French speaker, be sure to click the CC button in the bottom corner of the vid so that the subtitles will turn on for you.

A lovely and thought-provoking character study.

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