( The Den )
Alain Della Negra, Kaori Kinoshita
2008 - 29 min - HDV - Couleur - France
"A long, long time ago animals alone ruled over the entire world. Times have changed. Now, humanity has taken the reins of the planet. Some folks, however, seem to regret this. These people, or at least some of them, have chosen to dress
up as cats, weasels, tigers, rabbits or other species in this exclusively furry menagerie. They indulge in their penchant at peaceful parties, read specialist magazines, go to special clubs, in short make up a little community in the U.S.
– The Furries – without adveritising themselves or being outrageous. Far from zoologist, one curious visitor, half-attracted, half-perplexed, the directors’ obvious ambassador invites us to enter into this den whose inhabitants appear to be just as talkative as the animals in La Fontaine. The moral of the fable? There are doubtless many one could glean here and there in the course of the ramblings of our specimens: morals on the question of the delirium of identity; the dumbing down of the myth of the origins; and the power of the imagination might it only be the promise of a cuddly toy?"
Jean-Pierre Rehm - FID Marseille 2008
Author-Director : Alain Della Negra, Kaori Kinoshita
Photography : Michael Marius Pessah
Sound : Jean Martin
Editing : Jean-Christophe Hym, Sébastien de Sainte Croix
Delegate Producer : Capricci Films
Distinctions
2009 - Festival du Cinéma de Brive - Rencontres du moyen métrage, Brive (France) : Sélection2008 - FIDMarseille (Festival International de Cinéma), Marseille (France) : Compétition Française
2008 - EntreVues - Festival du film de Belfort, Belfort (France) : Sélection