Retour
Frédéric Goldbronn
2013 - 95 min - XDCAM - Couleur - France
The woman who has disappeared is the director’s own mother, a figure he conjures through memories of his three sisters and one brother, all older, born of four different fathers and who did not grow up together. Those memories, both overflowing and empty (or overflowing with emptiness), are compared with the artifacts their mother left behind – letters and captionless, sometimes torn photographs.
The places she knew are revisited, from Paris’ upscale 16th arrondissement to the working class suburb of Aubervilliers, with a detour past Saint-Germain des-Prés. Official records inquiries reveal her secret – the painful tale of her youth during the Occupation.
Little by little, these fragments all come together as the cohesive whole of one life which, by its very messiness, makes a unique statement about the liberty of a twentieth-century woman.
Author-Director : Frédéric Goldbronn
Photography : Jacques Besse
Sound : Samuel Mittelman
Editing : Anne Baudry
Original Music : Elizabeth Bossero
Delegate Producer : Dora Films
Co-producer : Inthemood
Contribution : Scam - Brouillon d'un rêve
Distribution
Distributor : Dora Films
Not commercial Distribution : ADAV
DVD Editing : Dora Films
VOD : Capuseen
Disponible au Club du doc
Distinctions
2013 - Traces de Vies, Clermont-Ferrand (France) : Sélection catégorie "film professionnel"2013 - Festival du Film de Famille, Saint Ouen (France) : Sélection
2013 - États généraux du film documentaire, Lussas (France) : Sélection
2013 - Images en bibliothèques, Paris (France) : Film soutenu par la Commission nationale de sélection des médiathèques