L'Hôpital des éléphants
( Praï Chang )

Marie Gaumy, Michaël Lheureux
2010 - 50 min - Vidéo HD - Couleur - France

In a hospital for elephants in Thailand, men and animals coexist for months, their lives intertwined. It is a limbo where time stands still, taken up by the nursing of the animals and intimate conversations amongst the caretakers. More than a mere account of day-to-day activities, this is the chronicle of a slowly vanishing sanctuary—a dying Eden. The ailing hulks of the elephants, the rough faces and bodies of their caretakers, the ancestral stories: everything seems on hold, for what little time is left.

Animal | Thaïlande


Author-Director : Marie Gaumy, Michaël Lheureux
Photography : Michaël Lheureux
Sound : Marie Gaumy
Editing : Anthony Brinig, Françoise Bernard
Delegate Producer : Bizibi
Contribution : Scam - Brouillon d'un rêve

Distribution


Distributor : Andana films

Distinctions

2011 - Rencontres Cinéma-Nature, Dompierre sur Besbre (France) : Prix du meilleur documentaire
2011 - Festival International des Cinémas d'Asie, Vesoul (France) : Compétition
2010 - Les Écrans Documentaires, Arcueil (France) : Sélection