France
2016 – 1H29 – IN FRENCH
WORLD PREMIERE
Synopsis
Céline, Thomas and Maxence always go by three. Just like the republican motto. They want to get married, to get a house, work, good children and eat oysters every day. Rebellious and ill adapted to the furious economical and administrative reality, they ride their burning quad bikes and travel across an afflicted France, looking for new landmarks, deserts strewn with bipeds and moments of ephemeral bliss.
Extract
DIRECTOR: Jean-Christophe Meurisse
ARTISTIC COLLABORATION: Amélie Philippe
PRODUCTION: Emmanuel Chaumet
SCENARIO: Jean-Christophe Meurisse
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Javier Ruiz Gomez
EDITING: Carole Le Page
SOUND: Colin Favre Bulle - Lucas Héberlé - Simon Apostolou
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Sven Kuffer - Hervé Redoules
CAST:
Céline Fuhrer
Thomas Scimeca
Maxence Tual
Thomas de Pourquery
Olivier Saladin
Claire Nadeau
Jean-Luc Vincent
Nicolas Bouchaud
Pascal Sangla
PRODUCTION
ECCE FILMS
Emmanuel Chaumet
Tel. +33 (0)6 75 23 73 24
contact@eccefilms.fr
DISTRIBUTION
SHELLAC
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Programmation
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SALES
ECCE FILMS
Louise Rinaldi
Tel. +33 (0)6 16 31 29 52
rinaldi@eccefilms.fr
PRESS
MYRA
Yannick Dufour/ Rémi Fort
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myra@myra.fr
CONTACT CANNES
ECCE FILMS
Louise Rinaldi
Tel. +33 (0)6 16 31 29 52
rinaldi@eccefilms.fr
“In my work as a stage director, there are always references to cinema. I was a moviegoer before turning to theatre. Beyond the power of performance with Les Chiens de Navarre, I wanted a more narrative dimension, continuity and character development. I wanted to tell a story and convey images differently than on stage.
I built a script with a guiding thread, situations, scenes, settings, but no dialogue. We didn’t know what was to be said exactly, in order to render this hyper-presence. I love it when the actor writes or invents his own dialogues. He is not in a state where he thinks of what he is playing. He is true, accidental, infantile.
There is a great deal of first degree in Apnée. There is much of Diogenes in our three protagonists. A mix of intelligence and naïvety. They snap while watching our much burdened France. At forty, naivety becomes different, between childhood lightness and libertarian claim. I rather tell sad and revolting stories through laughter.
I don’t like psychology. I like it when the imagination of the audience is awake, as they follow real and concrete things. The “threesome” isn’t a personal love claim. I was afraid that a couple would be easier to identify with. The trio brings about a quirky, disturbing and symbolic level. In our upset and upsetting times this meant urging provocation, reflection, exigency, showing a possible shape of love that can almost be acknowledged.”
Interview by Olivier Pélisson
