Fort Buchanan

  • 65'
  • France
  • 2014
Roger spends the winter in a cabin in the woods at an army base. His husband Frank is on a mission in Djibouti and doesn’t communicate much, while their adopted teenage daughter Roxy is starting to get rebellious. Roger finds support with four women and an attractive farmer/boxing trainer, who are also all divorced from their better halves. They dispel the boredom by philosophising about life, seduction attempts and thinking up nicknames for their private parts.
In four seasons, an ironic melodrama unfolds with absurdist accents and conceptual tendencies. Benjamin Crotty, who grew up alongside an American army base, uses both French and American cultural elements, ranging from eco-architecture to dialogues based on texts from American TV series.
Fort Buchanan is a long version of the short, similarly-named film that was also screened in Rotterdam.

  • 65'
  • France
  • 2014
Director
Benjamin Crotty
Countries of production
France, Tunisia
Year
2014
Festival Edition
IFFR 2015
Length
65'
Medium
DCP
Language
French
Producer
Judith Lou Lévy
Production Company
Les Films du Bal
Sales
Les Films du Bal
Screenplay
Benjamin Crotty
Cinematography
Michaël Capron
Editor
Ael Dallier Vega, Penda Houzangbe
Production Design
Toma Baqueni
Sound Design
Gilles Benardeau
Music
Ragnar Árni Ágústsson
Cast
Pauline Jacquard, Andy Gillet, Mati Diop, Judith Lou Lévy
Website
http://grasshopperfilm.com/film/fort-buchanan
Director
Benjamin Crotty
Countries of production
France, Tunisia
Year
2014
Festival Edition
IFFR 2015
Length
65'
Medium
DCP
Language
French
Producer
Judith Lou Lévy
Production Company
Les Films du Bal
Sales
Les Films du Bal
Screenplay
Benjamin Crotty
Cinematography
Michaël Capron
Editor
Ael Dallier Vega, Penda Houzangbe
Production Design
Toma Baqueni
Sound Design
Gilles Benardeau
Music
Ragnar Árni Ágústsson
Cast
Pauline Jacquard, Andy Gillet, Mati Diop, Judith Lou Lévy
Website
http://grasshopperfilm.com/film/fort-buchanan