Country: France
Year: 2003
Duration: 18
Today is Giulia's thirtieth birthday. A solitary
spectator at this event, she watches the day go by. In hopes of escaping her odd
mood, she goes out that evening to her friend Astrid's party, looking for the
others.
Winterspleen is the story of a failed gesture, that of Giulia
and her friends, who can't get close to each other. We show this impossibility
with involvement, but without pathos, with minimalist screenplay and dialogs, a
spare staging and editing which tends toward the imperceptible. Glamour plays an
important part in the film. This element expresses the ambivalence of the
leading characters, who are torn between the desire to please and to achieve
recognition, and the need to protect themselves through a sort of
self-production, which can only aggravate the isolation of each one of them. All
these elements come together to describe the sense of lacking which pervades our
characters, as expectation is consumed and desire remains unsatisfied" (F.
Farellacci, L. Lamanda).
Biography
film director
François Farellacci
François Farellacci, in collaboration with Institutions such as Le Pavillon du Palais de Tokyo, France Culture and Centre Pompidou, has created different works that place themselves inbetween documentary, fiction, video art and photography. He has already presented various shorts and documentaries in Torino: Famille (2009), winner of the AVANTI! award, and L’île des morts (2012). In 2014, in collaboration with Laura Lamanda, he made Lupino, winner of the Solinas award for cinema documentary, selected and awarded in several international festivals amongst which the Filmmaker Festival in Milan (Youth Jury award), the Brive festival (CINE award and Youth Jury award) and Visions du Réel. Since 2015 he is member of the board of Directors of SRF- Société des réalisateurs de films.
FILMOGRAFIA
L’età forte (coregia/codirector Laura Lamanda, cm, 1998), Volo sulla città (coregia/codirector Laura Lamanda, cm, 1998), Stay (coregia/codirector Laura Lamanda, cm, 2001), Winterspleen (coregia/codirector Laura Lamanda, cm, 2003), Qui guide qui (coregia/codirector Laura Lamanda, doc., 2003), Resurrezioni (coregia/codirector Laura Lamanda, 2004), Famille (mm, doc., 2009), L’île des morts (doc., 2012).
Laura Lamanda
François Farellacci and Laura Lamanda began their collaboration in 1997 with the short film L'età Forte. In 1998 their film Volo sulla Città received various prizes, including the Premio del Pubblico at the 1998 Torino Film Festival (Italian Competition) and the Gran Premio at the XVI Festival of Aix en Provence. They then directed videos and graphic animation films, in Italy and in France. In 2003, they made the short film Winterspleen and the documentary Qui Guide Qui for the Centre Georges Pompidou.
FILMOGRAFIA
L'età forte (cm, 1998), Volo sulla città (cm, 1998), Stay (cm, 2001), Winterspleen (cm, 2003), Qui guide qui (doc., 2003).
Cast
& Credits
Regia, soggetto, sceneggiatura, produttore/Director, story,
screenplay, producer: François Farellacci, Laura
Lamanda
Fotografia/Director of photography: Pascal Poucet
Montaggio/Film editor: François Farellacci, Laura Lamanda, Sébastien Saraillé
Interpreti/Cast: Laura Lamanda, Christian Lucas, Souad Mouchrik, Eric Martin, Vincent Pancol, Malika Hsino, André Lage, Georges Gay, Sandra Daveau
Produzione/Production: Zumos
Fotografia/Director of photography: Pascal Poucet
Montaggio/Film editor: François Farellacci, Laura Lamanda, Sébastien Saraillé
Interpreti/Cast: Laura Lamanda, Christian Lucas, Souad Mouchrik, Eric Martin, Vincent Pancol, Malika Hsino, André Lage, Georges Gay, Sandra Daveau
Produzione/Production: Zumos
