N° du film
F306
Réalisateur nom
Charles
Réalisateur prénom
Laurie
Mois de finition
Juin
En cours
No
Genre
Fiction
Durée minutes
18
Durée secondes
34
Procédé
Couleur
Cadre
16:9
Format son
Stereo
Supports de prise de vue
Video HD
Supports de projection
DCP
H264
BLU-RAY
Langues
Français
Sous-titres
Anglais
Scénario
Laurie Charles
Interprétation
Juliette Dana, Laurie Giraud, Andréa Nivière ...
Montage
Laurie Charles
Mixage
Hélène Clerc-Denizot
Son
Hélène Clerc-Denizot
Montage son
Hélène Clerc-Denizot
Image
Laurie Charles
Musique
Nicolas Jorio
Synopsis fr
Quatre amies viennent se retrouver dans un chalet dans les Ardennes pour réfléchir ensemble à “une autre vie possible” et pour expérimenter une vie commune hors du temps social de la ville. Le groupe d’amies va s’intéresser à l’histoire des communautés utopiques et au concept du retour à la nature au travers de rituels, et de reenactment désanchantés dans la nature. Le film se passe en alternance en huis-clos dans le chalet et en extérieur dans la nature environnante. Documentaire, fiction et horreur viennent se mélanger et le chalet se met à prendre vie au fur et à mesure du film. La caméra vue comme un oeil omniscient mets au même niveau humains, animaux et objets.
Synopsis en
Four friends retreat into “the unspoiled nature”, reflecting upon alternative ways of (communal) living outside the social reality of busy city-life. Through the re-enactment of mystical rituals or theatrical experiments in nature, Le Chalet excites a - though fictitious - utopian commu nity. It uses a cliché imagery of our contemporary experience of nature which underlines the fictitious dichotomy between nature and culture. Documentary, fiction and horror blend almost imperceptibly into one another and the shack becomes a character that slowly comes to life. All the more, the camera transforms into an omniscient eye considering humans, animals and objects as each others equals.
Infos en
"In Le Chalet, four friends trek into unspoilt nature. Finding refuge in a small chalet, they share daily
rituals and habits. Together they cook and eat, take walks in the woods, dance, and read stories to
each other. Youthfully idealistic, the group hopes to find a sanctuary for cohabitation and
comtemplation, far away from standardised, socialised urban life. Their dwelling place reminds of a
long tradition of communes which – in an attempt to escape ‘a toxic society’ – have surrendered to
nature, like the Naturists or the hippie movement.
Slowly, however, the idyll offered by the chalet and the surrounding wildlife yields to a feeling of
alienation. The camera, observing their activities, starts to creep up on the group of friends. While
they are washing dishes or dancing the night away, the camera stalks them unsuspectedly. Voices
disappear, sounds become sinister, characters toss and turn in bed, and two knots in a wooden wall
bear an eerie resemblance to tearful eyes. Utopia is turning into an oppressive nightmare in which the
chalet seems to come to life and the actors are condemned to each other."
Dagmar Dirkx
Responsable de production
Giulia Angrisani, Baptiste Bogaert
Production
AJC!
Production
AJC!
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