Nos défaites / Our defeats

Ελληνική Πρεμιέρα / Greek Premiere

Ντοκιμαντέρ/Documentary, Γαλλία/ France, 2019, 96 ́, DCP, Έγχρ-α/μ./ Color-b&w, Γαλλικά/French

Jean-Gabriel Périot, in this documentary, which unites cinema with politics, collaborated with a group of students. The students worked both in front of and behind the camera, re-staging scenes of strikes, resistance, and labour disputes, from films dating from the late 1960s to the late 1970s, including La Chinoise by Jean-Luc Godard. While barely able to define neither political commitment nor the idea of revolution at first, the students gradually realize that the perspectives from the past still echo in our present politics and that within our defeats may rise the strength to face today’s chaos and its challenges.

Jean-Gabriel Périot // Jean-Gabriel Périot (1974, France) works as a video-artist, cinematographer, editor and director. Ηe makes film projects using archive material and the majority of his works are documentary, animation and experimental projects, dealing with violence and history. His documentary German Youth (2015) won the French César award.

Σκηνοθεσία/Direction Jean-Gabriel Périot
Φωτογραφία/Cinematography Amine Berrada
Μοντάζ/Editing Jean-Gabriel Périot
Ήχος/Sound Claire Goldmann-Fournier
Παραγωγός/Producer Frédéric Dubreuil
Παραγωγή/Production Envie de Tempête Productions
Προέλευση ταινίας/Film Source Doc&Film International

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