project filmcommune

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History.The Paris Commune is an insurrectionary experience running from the 18 March 1871 to 28 May 1871. The people of Paris in favor of the Republic seized of the Republic seized the power and tried to vote avant garde measures before facing a government’s deadly crackdown that killed tens of thousands civilians.

The filmThe film "Commune Paris" starts in September 1870. We discover how hopeful people are by the proclamation of the Republic until they observe how the government misleads them, by delaying elections, suppressing newspapers, arresting opponents... The Republicans, then, seize power and finally establish what they have been expecting for more than twenty establish what they have been expecting for more than twenty years: the Republic, the Commune. The film ends during the "bloody week" in May 1871.

The Crew.The crew is made of four Communards:

Claude Pérès is a director. He has directed three features and numerous short films and art videos. His work uses image crisis and distancing effect.

Isabelle Lelièvre is an actress. She has a long experience in street theater. She was "Colette" in the comedy duo "Patricia et Colette" theater. She was "Colette" in the comedy duo "Patricia et Colette" and performs now as the burlesque character "Just Mademoiselle".

Olivia Sabran is an actress. She is passionate by theater, where she enjoys working on contemporary texts.

Natal Haziza is a producer. She has produces feature and short films and has directed short films ans a feature film "Biliga".

Note of intent.

First of all, this Paris Commune thing is such a precious revolution. It is a rare moment in French History when people get to seize power… and how honest, how careful they have proven to be. Communards wanted to set an example, engraved a milestone in History… And I do think we have to look into this experience with a critical but tender we have to look into this experience with a critical but tender eye, gather the lessons, the errors, the success of it…

But I don’t think a movie is a place where you second-guess things. I think it’s a place where you observe, gather materials, raise questions and let the viewer free to make up her/his mind.

It is not my thing to make up stories. As you say when you want to put cosmetics on something… Hence, you can tell the challenge I am facing when I want to deal with a moment challenge I am facing when I want to deal with a moment in our History… How to talk about this moment without recreating something fake? We are going to try to simplify things, to evoke rather than recreate, to distance rather than showing…

I might also say a few words about our trying to make a cinema, deal with subjects, experiment methods impossible to make in a classical economy. Therefore we do have to think to make in a classical economy. Therefore we do have to think about ways to finance them and how to share them… The connexions, the exchange we could build up with those who are interesting in making and watching a different cinema…

But I feel it’s time to wrap up… We want to follow the everyday life of four characters facing the very concrete issues of those days and search for poetry, nuance, sensations in those tragic events… And I can’t tell how impatient I am, how curious and events… And I can’t tell how impatient I am, how curious and eager I am to go through this adventure. I know how beautiful it will be.

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