LISTEN TO THE VOICES
38th European Film Awards
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1h 16m
KOUTÉ VWA
Belgium, France
Documentary
Melrick, a 13-year-old boy, spends his summer vacation in Cayenne with his grandmother Nicole. His desire to learn to play the drum brings back the spectre of Lucas, Nicole's son, also a drummer, who died in tragic conditions 11 years earlier.
Directed by: Maxime Jean-Baptiste
Written by: Maxime Jean-Baptiste, Audrey Jean-Baptiste
Produced by: Rosa Spaliviero, Olivier Marboeuf
Cinematography: Arthur Lauters
Editing: Liyo Gong
Sound: Ingrid Simon, Thomas Ferrando, Killian Dadi, Tanguy Lallier
Statement of the director:
In March 2012, I was 19 years old. In France, I heard about the brutal death of my cousin in Cayenne, who was stabbed several times during a party after a fight between young people. Lucas died of his wounds on the spot. It took me a long time to find the right way to deal with the tragedy of his death. Several stories about my relationship with French Guiana, where my family came from, are intertwined here. I tried to get as close as possible to the protagonists, but I also tried to invent a fiction that was also a reflection on the persistence of violence in a territory marked by the history of transatlantic slavery. The film is a plunge into the heart of the stories that haunt European societies “in return”, to quote Aimé Césaire. A history that comes back to us, with all its violence, from that famous “New World” which we once dreamed of. My film tries to create the sensitive and delicate conditions for an intercultural dialogue which, as we know, has become very tense in our societies because of the resurfacing of buried histories. This film is therefore intimate, but it also aims to be a tool for discovery, debate and social cohesion.
Production:
Twenty Nine Studio & Production
http://twentyninestudio.net
World Sales:
MoreThan Films
https://www.morethan-films.com
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