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Olivier Pagani
2011 - 22 min - DVC Pro - Couleur - France, Belgique
What the lion can do? This is not enough, the father said. He is the one who wants to become a child at the same time as his son... This film is a documentary tale about the state of childhood. A granfather, a father and a son are visiting the zoo. Three characters, three life stages, each having his own way of relating to childhood.
The grandfather now in his early sixties remembers being a stranger as a child. The son, who is only a year and a half, is a child without knowing it. Unlike the grandfather, the father has no childhood memories. While searching for an origin, a horizon, his mind wanders back and forth between his father’s childhood and that of his son. It is the horizon of a common state of being he is looking for. But, among the animals, this quest soon turns itself into a tale of metamorphoses.
Author-Director : Olivier Pagani
Photography : Cédric Corrion, Olivier Pagani
Sound : Benjamin Van de Wiele, Thomas Dumont
Editing : Samuel Gantier, Olivier Pagani
Original Music : Simon Apostolou
Delegate Producer : Dschubba
Co-producer : Gsara
Co-producer : CRRAV
Co-producer : Atelier Graphoui
Distinctions
2011 - États généraux du film documentaire, Lussas (France) : Expériences du regard2011 - Les hivernales du documentaire, Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val (France) : Sélection
2011 - Festival du film d'éducation, Évreux (France) : Sélection
2011 - Festival du Film de Famille, Saint Ouen (France) : Sélection
2011 - Documenta Madrid, Madrid (Espagne) : Sélection