What are drone games?
A brilliant but lonely teenager, Tom (Orlando Vauthier) is fascinated by new technology, especially drones. An experienced pilot and talented technician, Tommy takes viewers on a journey through the air. When he meets the group of Jane (Angel Metzger) and Joachim (Axel Granberger), his talent allows him to integrate. But soon her new friends ask her to use her skills for dubious purposes…
After breaking out with Les Papillons Noirs at ARTE, director Olivier Abou returns From October 19 on Prime Video Drone games. A unique film where, like Tom’s character, he uses his talents to the fullest.
Discover the first five minutes of Drone Games today, exclusively on Prime Video.
High flying sequence
“All this happened before my eyes like a movie. I wasn’t there. As if everything happened outside of me, outside of time. All these things could have really happened, but also never happened. concept. an illusion. All life is like a dream.It is in these words of Tom (Orlando Vauthier) which opens Drone games.
An abstract, almost dream-like image appears on the screen for the first time, echoing the young man’s words. This slowly reveals the twilight horizon shot from an angle like an upside-down world, before turning to reveal the true setting.
The aerial shot first shows the entire Atlantic landscape as a panorama, before focusing on the coastal town where the film takes place.
If at first the images appear to come from a helicopter, the camera dives to ground level, zigzags between the pavilions and spins deftly. Crossing the local belfry, inviting himself into houses (sometimes to discover the proximity of the inhabitants), playing with men and animals, this flexible and lively eye captures the nocturnal activity, places and characters that form the framework of the story. .
Original and impressive, shot entirely in sequence, this introduction allows us to introduce the central element of the film – the drones – but also the main character’s (and director’s) talent for piloting these modern devices. A real visual achievement that I have never seen before, this first scene Drone games It gives us a lot of hope from the new movieOlivier Abu.
Drone Games can be discovered starting October 19, exclusively on Prime Video.
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