France
2016 – 15’ – IN FRENCH
WORLD PREMIERE
Synopsis
Vincent, a 20-year-old successful actor, is being offered the leading role in the film of the year: a biopic on Charles de Gaulle in his youth. At the same time, his parents move to Orléans, thus pushing him to live alone. The film follows his first steps towards independence.
Extract
DIRECTOR: Antoine de Bary
PRODUCTION: Charles-Marie Anthonioz - Mourad Belkeddar - Jean Duhamel - Nicolas Lhermitte
SCENARIO: Antoine de Bary
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Nicolas Loir
EDITING: Kim Vi Van - Frédérique Olszak Olszewski
SOUND: Mathieu Rathelot - Laurent d’Herbécourt
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Olivier Viala
MUSIC: Ulysse Cottin
CAST:
Vincent Lacoste
Félix Moati
Thomas Blumenthal
PRODUCTION
ICONOCLAST
Elias Belkeddar
Tel. +33 (0)6 15 14 73 38
elias@iconoclast.tv
SALES
L’AGENCE DU COURT MÉTRAGE
Nathalie Lebel
Tel. +33 (0)1 44 69 26 65
n.lebel@agencecm.com
CONTACT CANNES
ICONOCLAST
Elias Belkeddar
Tel. +33 (0)6 15 14 73 38
elias@iconoclast.tv
Vincent is a successful actor rehearsing to embody Charles de Gaulle on big screen, just as he starts living alone. Between documentary and fiction, Birth of a Leader accompanies the hero into his discovery of peeling the zucchinis, into choosing between boxer shorts and boxer briefs and his unrest toward womankind. Antoine de Bary films his actors playing grownups with infinite tenderness. But behind Vincent’s witty composure, he reveals the anxiety of a whole generation.
By Iris Brey
