Country: France
Year: 2010
Duration: 16'
the quartet Four elderly musicians prepare to give a concert in a church. It is a cloudless day and the sun illuminates the countryside. The three other musicians have already arrived at the church but the cellist can’t find his shoes and just misses the bus. He is forced to cross the countryside barefoot and arrives when the concert has already begun. When he joins his companions, the notes of his cello soften a melody that until then had been strident and the sunset inundates the stained glass windows with light, filling the church with memories. “How to talk about unity, film music, follow the transition from comedy to tragedy, capture the passage of sunlight in a church, show friendship without using words… These are some of the questions that guided me during the making of this film. I wanted to explore the absurd feeling of running after oneself and observe a character advancing towards higher understanding. In this way, the film is an accompaniment, both that of a friend and that of the baroque music that were sung to accompany the setting sun.”
Biography
film director
Sarah Arnold
(Italy), who moved to France in 1987, earned a degree in literature from the University of Rennes and a degree in film from the École supérieure d’audiovisuel in Toulouse. In 2010, her first short film, Leçon de ténèbres, won an award in the Italiana.Corti section of the Torino Film Festival. She then directed Totems (2014), which won the Pardino d’Oro at Locarno. With another short film, L’Effort commercial (2021), she received the France TV Award at Clermont-Ferrand. L’Espèce explosive is her first feature film.
FILMOGRAFIA
Leçon de ténèbres (cm, 2010), Totems (cm, 2014), Parades (cm, 2017), L’Effort commercial (cm, 2022), L’Espèce explosive (2026).
Cast
& Credits
regia, sceneggiatura/director, screenplay
Sarah Arnold
montaggio/film editing
Carlos Pinto
scenografia/production design
Nelly Nahon
costumi/costume design
Mireille Toudonou
musica/music
Virgile Van Ginneken
suono/sound
Fabrice Osinski
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Albert Delpy (il violoncellista/Cellist), Jacques Ernest (il secondo violino/Second Violin), Pedro Llinares (il suonatore di viola/Viola Player), Raymond Strozik (il primo violino/Firts Violin)
produttori/producers
Helen Olive, Karin Sitbon, Bruno Lefevre
produzione, vendita all’estero/production, world sales
Utopie Films
TFF
prizes
