L’ATELIER DU FESTIVAL
QU'UN SEUL TIENNE ET LES AUTRES SUIVRONT
Directed by : Léa FEHNER
- Year of production : -1
- Country : France
Synopsis
Zorah is an old Algerian woman. The day after her son's murder, she abandons everything to go to France to meet his killer in prison. How, though, will she get to meet the prisoner in the visiting room without his consent? Laure, 15 years old, has fallen in love with a thug. As he is in prison, she has to find an adult to go with her so that she can get into the visiting room. She meets Antoine, a young, cynical, house surgeon, who gets his kicks from observing other people's troubles. Stéphane, a penniless, young, blood delivery-man, is asked to swap places in a prison visiting room with a crook so that he can escape. The amount of money he is offered is tempting, but the man he is supposed to substitute himself for is of a completely different size... Two women, one man, three journeys meet in the visiting room at Fleury-Mérogis prison.
Statement
While writing the short film "Sauf le silence", I went to research locations around the prison of Fleury-Merogis, and talked to an association that looks after the families waiting for the visiting room. This film comes from these encounters with the close ones of prisoners. Not shut away inside, or free outside, I wanted to give voice to these men and women with silent destinies, to express the link that remains despite the wounded hearts and flesh. I chose the form of a choral recital: three stories, three different relationships to prison, three characters who have arrived at a decisive moment in their life and each choosing to take their fate into their own hands in a singular manner; the strength of a story is, for me, the first defence against indifference made ordinary.
Credits
Léa FEHNER - Director
Specifications
Language film :
French
Working budget:
2,6M €
Financing acquired:
600 000 €
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