UNITED KINGDOM
2014 / WORLD PREMIERE
15’ – IN ENGLISH
Synopsis
A bereaved headmaster fights a crocodile.
DIRECTOR: Gaëlle Denis
SCREENPLAY: Robin French
CINEMATOGRAPHY: David Ungaro
EDITING: Paul Hardcastle & Nicolas Chaudeurge
SOUND: Doug Haywood
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Carly Reddin
MUSIC: Tara Creme
CAST:
Michael Gould
Lucinda Raikes
Alex Macqueen
Oliver Johnston
Alecky Blythe
Apoa Falby Clark
PRODUCTION
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Gaëlle Denis' initial field of work was animation before a workshop with Abbas Kiarostami pushed her to try and shoot 'real' scenes. This particular double patronage perhaps explains the very unique tone of Crocodile: first, the background in animation, as the filmmaker explores the bereavement of a father through a world where the line between imagination and reality is blurred, before the former overtakes the latter completely. Second, Kiarostami's influence, as, similarly to her mentor, she never forgets the face of the actor, the weight of the character and that of the bereavement. These inspirations are balanced perfectly in this film where tragedy and lightness are harmoniously intertwined.
By Pierre-Simon Gutman
