Grand Littoral

The saunterings of the "Characters" (a dozen People) who come and go, pass each other, meet up, or don't, accompany the rhythm of the landscape of the Grand littoral area in Marseilles (a vast, emptylandscape hemmed in by different urban areas, a plateau overhanging the port which evolves as a central point of orientation for new townplanning in Marseilles). These are scripted scenes played out, but also moments stolen from encounters between the characters themselves and between the characters and the place.

"I don't visualize cinema as fiction or documentary. I could speak of composition, of the musical structure of images; it is in this sense that the film slowly took form in my spirit. In fact, the music brought together reality and notions of fullness, of emptiness, of rhythms, of temporality… I have always had a relationship with images based on this abstraction, on which reality is constructed" (V. Jouve).

Regia, soggetto, sceneggiatura/Director, story, screenplay: Valérie Jouve
Interpreti/Cast: Raphaelle Paupert Borne, Salah, Michèle Berson, Jo Abad, Rabah, Islam, Marie Ducaté, Abderman Diakité, Triscia Mendy
Produzione/Production: Ville de Marseille, Conseil Régional et Fond Régional d'Art Contemporain Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur, Délégation aux Arts Plastiques,Les Ateliers Boisson, École des Beaux Arts de Marseille