Yaodong, a Little Treatise on Construction
Élodie Brosseau
2012 - 89 min - DV Cam - Couleur - France

In the region of Shaanbei, within the Yellow River loop, are built the Yaodong. Formerly troglodyte settlements these vault houses are now built against the mountain. Yaodong are built without architect’s plan, following a knowledge handed down orally. The film shows us the highly accurate work of master stonemasons, as well as master carpenters, master of Fengshui and workers, all of them living in Yaodong with their families. As the filmmaker takes us to meet these people, their rituals and their history, a snapshot of today’s "Yaodong culture" emerges gradually.

Architecture | Artisanat | Identité culturelle | Patrimoine | Chine


Author-Director : Élodie Brosseau
Author : Caroline Bodolec
Photography : Élodie Brosseau
Sound : Élodie Brosseau
Editing : Hélène Attali
Delegate Producer : AnimaViva Productions
Co-producer : EHESS (École des Hautes Études en sciences sociales)
Co-producer : CNRS audiovisuel
Co-producer : Le CECMC (Le Centre d'études sur la Chine moderne et contemporaine)
Contribution : Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche

Distribution


Distributor : Le CECMC (Le Centre d'études sur la Chine moderne et contemporaine), AnimaViva Productions
Distributor : Élodie Brosseau
Circulation-Consultation : BPI (Bibliothèque publique d'information)
Disponible au Club du doc

Distinctions

2014 - Festival du film de chercheur, Nancy (France) : 2e prix ex-æquo
2013 - Les Écrans Documentaires, Arcueil (France) : Sélection
2012 - Festival International Jean Rouch, Paris (France) : Prix du patrimoine culturel immatériel
2012 - Images en bibliothèques, Paris (France) : Film soutenu par la Commission nationale de sélection des médiathèques