THE WORDS WOMEN SPOKE ONE DAY
2024 Films
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1h 24m
LES MOTS QU'ELLES EURENT UN JOUR
France
In 1962, Yann Le Masson filmed Algerian women activists on their release from prison in France. More than 50 years later, with the soundtrack of the footage having been lost, I set out to find these women.
This film investigation tells their silent story and becomes a film essay on cinema that embodies their disappearance, and forever keeps them alive.
Written, directed & produced by: Raphaël Pillosio
Cinematography: Matthieu Chatelier, Bijan Anquetil
Editing: Margaux Serre
Sound: Phil Grivel, Simon Gendrot
Statement of the director:
This film is a tribute to a dead filmmaker friend. The investigation is based on lost reels found without sound.
Women deprived of their words as they expressed their desire for freedom.
This is an essay on absence, memory and cinema.
In the background, an Algerian War that is slowly disappearing.
All this material I was trying to compose into a film: a film that awakens emotion rather than imposes it, a film that makes you think rather than asserting knowledge. A film that gives back a body, a name and words to these women.
Production/World Sales:
l'atelier documentaire
www.atelier-documentaire.fr
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