Nine people tell an anecdote, tall story or dramatic narrative straight into the camera. In Portraits filmés, the film maker had fourteen friends and acquaintances tell a story without intervention, but for this film, the stories were rewritten and the tone of the recitation was more practised. Any spontaneity that was lost, was compensated for by a restraint that mainly gives the tragic stories an element of unreality and certainly also of humour.
Film details
- Country of production
- France
- Year
- 2002
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2003
- Length
- 13"
- Medium/Format
- 35mm
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