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Back to London

Cécile Ravel

Experimental film | France | S8 mm | 1.37 | b&w/color | mono | 2008 | 9'  59"
30 €

Original language: Français Screening Copy: Mini DV , DVD
Back to London is the story of a journey from Nevers to London, shot in super 8 in April 2008. My daughter and myself had decided to return to London one year after our last visit there.The past year, from April 2007 to April 2008 had deeply wounded my daughter's body and soul, and the journey turned into a pilgrimage and family therapy. Shot mainly in the train on the way from Nevers to London and back to Nevers, as well as in the streets of the English capital, the film focusses on constant motion: the motion of trains, buses and passers-by, mirroring my daughter's inner journey.Texts written simultaneously in French and in English on transparent material become integrated into the scenery, itself constantly traversed by trajectories. Written in the style of poems dedicated to my daughter, they line the whole itinerary, at times stuck to windows , whether of trains, stations or museums, at times held by people met in the street.

Credits

Director: Cécile Ravel

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