The Calm of the Poisoned River
Damien Fritsch
2001 - 23 min - Digital vidéo - Noir & Blanc - France

August 1999, my partner, a photographer, notices a man in a hospital. The day of the eclipse, she recognizes the man in the crowd and takes photos of him, with his permission...
Among her photos, a smiling face stands out: Jean-Pierre, a Rwandan man. In 1994 in Rwanda, 800,000 people were killed in just over three months. Some have escaped the massacres thanks to humanitarian organizations. I want to film this man and my partner introduces him to me. A year later, I decide to make a film of his story: a face to face between him and me. A film where a man listens to another man talking about his pain.



Author-Director : Damien Fritsch
Delegate Producer : Damien Fritsch

Distribution


Distributor : Dora Films
Not commercial Distribution : ADAV
DVD Editing : Dora Films
VOD : Capuseen

Distinctions

2002 - Filmer en Alsace, Strasbourg (France) : Mention spéciale