Catalogue des films de « Stéphane Mercurio »

In Barcelona, the director Didier Ruiz undertakes a new theatrical adventure with sept people trans. As comes to light their reality, it is our identity, which is questioned. Be a man, a woman… I decide to film…

Before Christophe Otzenberger died in June 2017, he met other people who, like him, were struggling with disease. His meetings form the basis of this documentary, which examines our relationship with life as it slips away. With the participation...

Pour la pièce de théâtre qu’il met en chantier, le metteur en scène Didier Ruiz rencontre pour la première fois des anciens détenus longues peines et leur famille. Dans l’intimité d’une salle de répétition, ils s'expriment sur la...

Une longue peine, comment ça se raconte ? C’est étrange ce mot qui signifie punition et chagrin en même temps. Ainsi s’exprime Didier Ruiz lorsqu’il entreprend la mise en scène de son dernier spectacle monté avec d’anciens détenus de...

An impressionist film capturing bodies, gestures and stories about men’s relation to fatherhood and sonship. The filmmaker, the only woman on the set, slipped into the intimacy of these men during the photo ops of "Fathers and Sons", a series by...

C’est un petit camping de campagne accroché à ses rêves. Comme tous les campings, les vacanciers s’y abattent tels des étourneaux à la belle saison et se retirent, laissant pour l’hiver les habitants. Travailleurs à la poursuite du...

"Quel est donc, à l’orée 2010 en France, l’état des personnes privées de liberté ? Il revient au Contrôle d’affirmer que les personnes sortent rarement de ces lieux autrement que brisées ou révoltées". Rapport du contrôle...

""Die? I’d rather go out with a bang!". This is the epitaph that Siné wants written on his tombstone, complete with the “up-yours” sign – but the crematory vault is under collective ownership and his pals are hesitant. Always at the...

Omar Koussih is 19 years old and suffers from spinal amyotrophy. He weighs 16 kilos. He lives in Rabat with his family. He spends much of his time writing poems. In the spring of 2007, Omar wrote to madmundo to ask for help in promoting the Rights...

Alongside the men’s prison in Rennes, there is a reception area for the prisoners’ families. People come here before and after the visit. And they come back. Every week. And they wait. A space between parentheses. It takes time. People arrive...