The Ensorcery of James Ensor
Nora Philippe, Arnaud de Mezamat
2010 - France/Belgique - Couleur et Noir & Blanc - 60'
Photography : Antoine-Marie Meert, Laurent Parrault, Nora Philippe, Arnaud de Mezamat
Sound : Jocelyn Robert, Cosmas Antoniadis, Maxime Champesme, Daniel Deshays
Editing : Anne Souriau
Music : Marie-Jeanne Séréro
Production : Abacaris Films, Gemsel production, Arte France, RTBF Bruxelles, VRT (Vlaamse Radio en Televisie)
Distribution : Abacaris Films (contact@abacaris-films.fr, +33 (0)1 48 05 19 19)
Nora Philippe, Arnaud de Mezamat
2010 - France/Belgique - Couleur et Noir & Blanc - 60'
The silhouette of painter James Ensor still haunts the dikes of Ostend. The garish colours of his fantasies, the barbed diatribes of his political denunciations, the avant-garde experiments left behind in his workshop but also the sudden drying up of his inspiration at the turn of the century are so many themes and movements followed by the film. The voice of Jean-Quentin Châtelain reading the painter's texts, Marie-Jeanne Séréro's original music, the paintings themselves filmed as closely as possible, the luminous presence of Pierre Alechinsky, these are among the paths chosen by the directors to conjure up this "bewitchment".
Photography : Antoine-Marie Meert, Laurent Parrault, Nora Philippe, Arnaud de Mezamat
Sound : Jocelyn Robert, Cosmas Antoniadis, Maxime Champesme, Daniel Deshays
Editing : Anne Souriau
Music : Marie-Jeanne Séréro
Production : Abacaris Films, Gemsel production, Arte France, RTBF Bruxelles, VRT (Vlaamse Radio en Televisie)
Distribution : Abacaris Films (contact@abacaris-films.fr, +33 (0)1 48 05 19 19)