29° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
FESTA MOBILE: PAESAGGIO CON FIGURE
LES ÉCLATS (MA GUELE, MA RÉVOLTE, MON NOM)
by Sylvain George
Country: France
Year: 2011
Duration: 94'
Calais, northern France. Migrants as they await their chance to cross the Channel, gain the crossing and reach England. In the meantime, they keep their distance from the police. They wait, they wash themselves, they smoke, they hide, they warm themselves, as they talk about the exertion, the injustice and their trampled identity. “The film is made of clips that didn’t make it into the movie Qu’ils reposent en révolte. Fragments of voices, fragments of laughter, fragments of rage; scraps of words, images and memories; words about vicinity and distance, yesterday and today, about Africa, the Middle East, Europe. Diseases that have disappeared, hands of metal, gusts of wind, gesture as the sun sets, blood-red reflections. Police raids, warrior processions, courts of injustice… A map of the violence inflicted on migrant people, the repetition of colonial gestures and the unacceptable nature of ‘how the world goes.’”
Biography
film director
Sylvain George
Sylvain George (France), after completing his studies in philosophy, dedicated himself to making documentaries, in particular about migration. In 2005, he debuted with the first two parts of the series Contrefeux, which were combined into a documentary entitled Contrefeux 1 et 2: Comment briser les consciences? Frapper!, which were followed by Contrefeux 3: Europe année 06 (Fragments Ceuta) and Contrefeux 4: Un homme ideal (Fragments K). Between 2005 and 2008 he made the shorts No Border (Aspettavo che scendesse la sera) and N’entre pas sans violence dans la nuit. In 2009 and 2010 he partecipated at the Torino Film Festival with the documentaries L’impossible - Pages arrachées and Qu’ils reposent en révolte (des figures de guerre).
FILMOGRAFIA
filmografia/filmography
Contrefeux 1 et 2: Comment briser les consciences? Frapper! (cm, doc., 2005), Contrefeux 3: Europe année 06 (Fragments Ceuta) (cm, doc., 2008), Contrefeux 4: Un homme ideal (Fragments K) (cm, doc., 2008), No Border (Aspettavo che scendesse la sera) (cm, doc., 2008), N’entre pas sans violence dans la nuit (cm, doc., 2008), Ils nous tueront tous... (cm, doc., 2009), L’impossible - Pages arrachées (doc., 2009), Qu’ils reposent en révolte (Des figures de guerres) (doc., 2010), Les éclats (ma gueule, ma révolte, mon nom) (doc., 2011).
Cast
& Credits
regia, fotografia, montaggio, suono/director, cinematography, film editing, sound
Sylvain George
musica/music
Diabolo
produzione, vendita all’estero/production, world sales
Noir Production
TFF
prizes
