Completed - FRENCH - Social issues, Documentary - 99 minutes
Ten years after they parted, Régis Sauder reconnects with the protagonists of his past documentary. Paths cross again, high school students havegrown-up, now facing adulthood and society that has also changed a lot.
Year of production : 2021 Director(s) : Regis SAUDER Cast : Cadiatou N'DIAYE, Emmanuelle BONTHOUX, Anaïs DI GRÉGORIO , Virginie DA VEIGA LOPES , Armelle DIAKIESE Producer(s) : Thomas ORDONNEAU (SHELLAC), Marion SCHREIBER (SHELLAC), Clémentine LEPECQ (SHELLAC)
The paths of Abou, Morgane, Laura, Cadiatou, Jacques,and Armelle have crossed one of Emmanuelle’s ten years ago.She was their French teacher at a high school in Marseille’sworking-class neighbourhood. Together they took partin a film - CHILDREN OF THE PRINCESS OF CLEVES (2010) -in which, while analyzing the classic text, they expressedtheir hopes, dreams, and fears.In EN NOUS, the director re-connects with the protagonistsand reports back, ten years later, on the paths they havetaken in today’s society. Memories blend with stories of theirlives and the daily obstacles they are obliged to overcomewhilst trying not to lose hope, and the sentence ofThe Princess of Cleves rings poignantly true: «I knownothing can be more difficult than what I undertake.»
Country(ies) : FRANCE
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Prix Lumières 2023