Country: France
Year: 2012
Duration: 45'
The story of a mother and her autistic daughter who leave Paris to reach the Mongolian steppes in their journey to find a shaman with healing powers. The immense open spaces finally give the girl a chance to find her dimension in the landscape, even with the uncertainty of her movements and the crises typical of her disorder. The trip therefore becomes a way to disperse bits of malaise in those unfamiliar skies, and to imagine a nomadic life that never lets you stop.
Biography
film director
Claire Doyon
Claire Doyon (France) studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York and in the Direction Department of La Femis in Paris. After graduating she made Les Lionceaux, which was presented at the Quinzaine des réalisateurs in 2003. A few years later she made a second short film, Kataï (2010), which was screened at the Locarno Film Festival, as well as at the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival and at the Angers European First Film Festival. Son of a Gun, co-directed with Antoine Barraud, was presented during the previous edition of the Torino Film Festival.
FILMOGRAFIA
Le vent souffle où il veut (mm, 2000), Les lionceaux (2003), Egma 01 «l’esprit des lieux» (cm, 2007), Egma 02 «l’esprit de la forêt» (cm, 2008), Sola, perduta, abbandonata (cm, 2008), Kataï (cm, 2010), Son of a Gun (coregia/codirector Antoine Barraud, cm, 2011), Pénélope (mm, 2012).
Declaration
film director
“Pénélope is a film about the extraordinary adventures of a girl different from all the other girls because she suffers from autism. It is a horseback ride through the Mongolian steppes in search of a shaman. Pénélope is a great adventuress, a positive heroine who faces obstacles, overcoming her own limitations for the pleasure of having adventures and meeting people. Going up high and beyond, toward another concept of disease and medicine, toward a different way of traveling and meeting the unknown, through difficulties, disenchantment, disillusions, charlatanry, limitations and experiences.”
Cast
& Credits
regia, fotografia/director, cinematography
Claire Doyon
montaggio/film editing Frédéric Piet
suono/sound Laurent Gabiot
interpreti/cast Claire, Pénélope, Nicolas, Raphaëlle, Fanny, Patrice
produzione, vendita all’estero/production, world sales Gedeon Programmes
montaggio/film editing Frédéric Piet
suono/sound Laurent Gabiot
interpreti/cast Claire, Pénélope, Nicolas, Raphaëlle, Fanny, Patrice
produzione, vendita all’estero/production, world sales Gedeon Programmes
