Country: France
Year: 2012
Duration: 67
Buttes-Chaumont, a park in Paris’ 19th arrondissement that was founded in 1867, has always been considered a Mecca of esotericism. One night, at a party in an apartment, Theodore and Anna meet for the first time; a short time later, as they walk through the city streets, they find themselves near the park. They decide to climb over the wall and spend their first night together there. This is the beginning of a custom which will be repeated night after night, and which, above all for Theodore, who is fascinated by the sinister allure of the place, will become a necessity.“The film begins like a historical reportage of the Buttes-Chaumont park. Archival footage from the 1900s is interspersed with present-day images, a voice narrates the history of the place, how it was created, its flora and fauna, and also talks about the esoteric aspects of the park. That’s when we enter, with a fictional dimension, into the story of Theodore and Anna, from their initial meeting until the end of their relationship.”
Biography
film director
Sébastien Betbeder
(Pau, France, 1975) studied at Le Fresnoy and has made numerous shorts, including Les mains d’Andréa (2006). That same year, he directed his first feature film, Nuage, selected at Locarno. In 2008, he presented La vie lointaine at the Torino Film Festival, and the next year the short Toutes les montagnes se ressemblent, directed in collaboration with Christelle Lheureux. In 2010, he shot Yoshido (Les autres vies), selected in Paris and Rotterdam. In 2012 premiered with Les nuits avec Théodore at Onde section, and the following year he won in Turin the Jury Special Prize with 2 automnes 3 hivers. He then presented in Turin the short Inupiluk (2014) and the comedy Ulysse & Mona (2018).
FILMOGRAFIA
La fragilité des revenants (cm, 1999), Le haut mal (cm, 2000), Des voix alentour (cm, 2003), Nu devant un fantôme (cm, 2005), Les mains d’Andréa (cm, 2006), Nuage (2007), La vie lointaine (mm, 2008), Toutes les montagnes se ressemblent (coregia Christelle Lheureux, cm, 2009), The Unbroken Line (cm, 2010), Yoshido (Les autres vies) (mm, 2010), Sarah Adams (cm, 2011), Les nuits avec Théodore (2012), 2 automnes 3 hivers (2013), Inupiluk (cm, 2014), Le film que nous tournerons au Groenland (cm, 2015), Marie et les naufragés (2016), Le voyage au Groenland (Viaggio in Groenlandia, 2016), Albin de la Simone: Dans la tête (video, 2017), Ulysse & Mona (2018), Debout sur la montagne (2019), Jusqu'à l'os (cm, 2019), Planète triste (cm, 2022), Tout fout le camp (2022), Mimi de Douarnenez (mm, 2023).
Cast
& Credits
regia, sceneggiatura/director, screenplay
Sébastien Betbeder
fotografia/cinematography
Denis Gaubert
montaggio/film editing
Julie Dupre
scenografia/production design
Lionel Acat
costumi/costume design
Carole Gerard
suono/sound
Xavier Griette, Roman Dymny
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Pio Marmaï (Theodore), Agathe Bonitzer (Anna), Fabrice Adde (l’uomo della caverna/cave man), Sarah Le Picard (Suzanne), Emmanuel Siety (la dottoressa/dr. Emmanuel Siety), Noë Sampy (la ragazzina/little girl), Nathalie Boutefeu (la narratrice/narrator), Laurent Lacotte (l’intervistatore/interviewer)
produttore/producer
Frédéric Dubreuil
