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Friday, December 12, 2014 - 23:00
Written by:
Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel
Cast:
Lucas Doméjean, Nicolas Mias, Naël Malassage, Benoît Roux
Cinematography:
Raphaël Vanderbussche
Editing:
Vincent Tricon
Sound:
Romain Ozanne
Producer:
Anne Luthaud, Marcello Cavagna, Lou Chicoteau
Production:
Le G.R.E.C.
Romanian premiere
Winner of the Golden Bear at Berlinale, AS LONG AS SHOTGUNS REMAIN takes place in the summer in Bouloc, a small village in the south of France. It is extremely hot and all lies abandoned. The streets are deserted, devoid of people. 18-year-old Joshua wanders around aimlessly. Single-family homes, rows of swimming pools. It is the memories of his best friend Silvain's suicide that guide him and that he reads in the walls of the houses. Joshua doesn't want to continue living either. He already belongs to the world of the dead, but still has to take care of his brother before he can cross over completely. He must find a family for him. His brother ought to be saved, even without him. Joshua commences his search. (Berlinale)
Director:
CAROLINE POGGI was born in 1990 in Ajaccio, Corsica. After three years studying in Paris, she enters cinema studies in Corte (D.U CREATACC), where she directed her first short film, DOGS (2013), a coproduction le G.R.E.C. and University of Corsica. JONATHAN VINEL was born in 1988 in Toulouse. He studies editing in La Fémis, where he directed three short films. His filmography includes PLASTIC BOY (2009), WE (2010), PLAY (2011), PRINCE POWER MEMORIES (2012).
Contact:
poggicaroline01[at]gmail[dot].com, jonathan[at]aol[dot]fr
Festivals, awards:
- Golden Bear for Best Short Film – Berlin International Film Festival 2014
- Oberhausen International Short Film Festival 2014
- Hamburg International Short Film Festival 2014
- Curtas Vila do Conde 2014
- Sao Paolo International Film Festival 2014
- Cine+ Special Prize - European Medium Length Film Meetings 2014
- Aust-Adger County's Youth Award - Norwegian Short Film Festival, Norway 2014
- Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival 2014
Curator's comment:
Caroline Poggi's and Jonathan Vinel’s AS LONG AS SHOTGUNS REMAIN could be easily classified among the so-called French New Extremity, a trend that comprises filmmakers such as Gaspar Noé and Bruno Dumont. The world of As Long as Shotguns Remain would fit right in between of the ones of those two (maybe also recalling that of Gus Van Sant), mixing punk, bizarre elements with an ascetic, eerie style in the approach to the story. The story of two teenagers in the French countryside, after the suicide of one of their friends (who one of them still sees and talks to), drifting from boredom to adventure, tracks their willingness to find their purpose within the world they know, which finally happens to be in a gang of young tattooed bikers. Poggi and Vinel choose to unsettle and confound rather than explain, making the most of their original stylistic decisions (from the visual interlude to the great choice of classical, vocal, techno music) and even setting the water on fire. (David González, Cineuropa)
Caroline Poggi's and Jonathan Vinel’s AS LONG AS SHOTGUNS REMAIN could be easily classified among the so-called French New Extremity, a trend that comprises filmmakers such as Gaspar Noé and Bruno Dumont. The world of As Long as Shotguns Remain would fit right in between of the ones of those two (maybe also recalling that of Gus Van Sant), mixing punk, bizarre elements with an ascetic, eerie style in the approach to the story. The story of two teenagers in the French countryside, after the suicide of one of their friends (who one of them still sees and talks to), drifting from boredom to adventure, tracks their willingness to find their purpose within the world they know, which finally happens to be in a gang of young tattooed bikers. Poggi and Vinel choose to unsettle and confound rather than explain, making the most of their original stylistic decisions (from the visual interlude to the great choice of classical, vocal, techno music) and even setting the water on fire. (David González, Cineuropa)