LES SENTINELLES
LES SENTINELLES
Fiction / 1,85:1 / S16mm / 15mn / 2021
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SYNOPSIS
Après une longue nuit de fête, Léna annonce à ses amis qu’elle va les quitter définitivement. À la dérive, le petit groupe passe leurs dernières heures ensemble dans une ambiance douce-amère, mais Léo, le plus taiseux, sombre lentement dans une profonde détresse.
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COMMENTAIRES
Que va-t-on chercher dans cette énergie qui éloigne et sépare ? Dans ce film, quitter un groupe s’apparente à une émotion étrange entre cruauté et beauté, douceur et mélancolie. Les oscillations de la chorégraphie mise en place par le réalisateur cherchent leur définition visuelle, entre le goût de l’autre et sa fuite nécessaire. Un indice apparaît dans les premiers plans du film : la floraison dans la bouche en guise d’au revoir. Pour tous ceux qui ont quitté ou ont été quittés. Et qui n’ont rien compris, la larme à l’intérieur comme arrosoir.
Natacha Seweryn / Programmatrice au FIFIB
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The Critics’ Choice Award goes to Patrick Muroni’s SENTINELS, for capturing from the body the pain that a group of friends experience following the imminent loss of one of their members. His narrative purges the mourning with a burst of energy.
Critic’s Choice Award / MECAL 2022
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“Shot on Super 16mm film, Muroni and cinematographer Augustin Losserand capture the landscape of Lausanne, Switzerland through these four friends, connecting and disconnecting as they process the bittersweet emotions of their final hours together. Vulnerable from the sleepless night that preluded the announcement, and the uncertainty that lies ahead, Les Sentinelles presents a raw snapshot of emotions lived in real time, and the utopian world created by a close unit in denial of the everyday reality that moves around them.*
Nowness, 2023
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PRODUCTION FRANCE
Quartett production
PRODUCTION SUISSE
Rasoir Bouée
FESTIVALS
10e FIFIB - Compétition Contrebande
32e Bamberger - Bamberg
24e MECAL - Prix de la critique
5e IFF Elbe Dock - Prague
6e Beijing ISFF - Beijing
10e AS Film Festival - Rome
