Coming to theaters in 2018, At War, which marks the fourth collaboration between director Stephen Briese and actor Vincent Lyndon, is a stark social film from which we do not emerge unscathed. If you want to discover this work with great precision and incredible power, go to Arte this Wednesday evening.
in the war It tells how, despite heavy financial sacrifices by the employees and record profits for their company, the management of the Perrin Industrie factory still decided to close the site completely. Agreement broken, promises not kept: 1,100 workers, led by their spokesman Laurent Amedeo (Vincent Lyndonfully populated), will refuse this cruel decision and will try everything to save their jobs.
Stephen BreezeThe staging here is impressive, he wanted to film it in the war To understand what is behind the media images that regularly witness the violence that can occur during social events. “And instead of the word ‘back’, it would be better to say ‘before'”The filmmaker specifies. What precedes this sudden outbreak of violence? What is the path that leads to this? Anger fueled by a sense of humiliation and despair, built up over weeks of struggle, and where it is – we will discover – blown out of colossal proportion. from existing forces”.
Caught and busy in the warScreaming the truth, once again shows a strong bond of unity Stephen Breeze and Vincent Lyndonwho had previously already worked on Mademoiselle Chambon, Some Hours of Spring and La Loi du Marché (and who would later team up for Another World). “It’s a relationship that builds from movie to movie, year to year, and it’s really incredible.”The filmmaker is delighted. “And it is not so much the trust between us that allows this path, but the complete absence of complacency towards each other.”
Non-professional actors and express filming
“After three films in which I played Vincent in silent roles, we definitely had to evolve our work and radically change the nature and character of the journey, while still maintaining this essential observation of the world.”he adds. “In this film, he is a person who speaks, defends himself, opposes loudly. We both needed it, because that is ultimately what defines us in life: we are populated by anger. The necessity of the subject, the necessity of the evolution of our work, this role of leader and this story responded to these two requirements.
for that in the war, Stephen Breeze A, as for Law of the marketsurrounded by its leading actor, Vincent Lyndon, non-professional actors. And did an express shoot in just 23 days! “I wanted the energy of the shoot to echo the energy of the struggle that the staff can lead in a case like the one described in the film.”The director notes. “In both cases it’s a race against time, a constant battle against time. No comfort, no respite, just a struggle to get the essentials.”
Tonight on Arte at 22:55.
At War: Vincent Lyndon and Stephen Breese at the AlloCiné Microphone
Source: Allocine
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