First a concentrated gaze, then fascinated observation, and finally prying that turns observation into obsession: a look can have a surprising number of nuances. Mathilde is an aspiring ballet dancer determined to fight for her place in the sun. Charles is a film student searching for his first grand subject until he realises that he has been living it all this time. An unusually open tale of a complicated relationship between two young people trying to find a niche abroad where Mathilde ventured to pursue her dreams of becoming a prima ballerina and Charles followed her devotedly. The film builds up viewer‘s expectations, only to subvert them dramatically. Appearing first as a poetic declaration of love and later as a study on self torture and accepting pain, the film keeps on revealing newer, deeper and more surprising layers.
- Year:
- 2015
- Runtime:
- 78 min.
- Country:
- France
- Director:
- Charles Redon
- Screenplay:
- Charles Redon
- Dir. of Photography:
- Charles Redon, Klaudia Reynicke, Mathilde Froustey, Gérard Redon, David Cailley
- Editor:
- Suzana Pedro
- Cast:
- Mathilde Froustey, Charles Redon
- Production:
- Claude Redon
- Sales:
- The Open Reel
- Festivals:
- IDFA 2015, Odessa 2016 (Cena za najlepší európsky dokumentárny film / Best European Documentary), Nowe Horyzonty 2016
Schedule:
13.11.2016
20:15
Kino Lumière (K2)
15.11.2016
13:30
Kino Mladosť
About the Director:
Charles Redon
Having studied political science in Paris, Charles Redon (1984) enrolled into La Fémis, the French national film school. Although he studied film producing, he also wrote and directed a short film that was broadcasted and selected for various festivals; it was this success that convinced him to continue along the path of a film director. He started out by making two short films, Au banquet des loups (2006) and Jours de colère (2010). In California is his first feature–length film.