International Competition : The Feature films
Bienvenue à Madagascar
Franssou Prenant
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Franssou Prenant’s voice, followed by that of others—voices of various ages, tones, and accents. The voices succeed one another and sometimes they mingle, yet they are never embodied by beings on the screen. We are here in the presence of a polyphony, whose enunciator is Algiers. This urban choir creates a dialogue with images filmed in Super 8, as a form of visual note-taking, which releases a deep sensuality and denotes the director’s great familiarity with the place. Words, sounds, and images create a complex network of gaps and connections. Bienvenue à Madagascar calls for a dreamy and lucid exploration through the temporalities of a city in which History, its disillusioned utopias and its wounds come to light. Some of those wounds are still gaping, while others are opened today.
(Arnaud Hée)
Filmmaker working on Super 8–L’Escale de Guinée (1987), Paris, mon petit corps est bien las de ce grand monde (2000) or Sous le ciel lumineux de son pays natal (2002), Franssou Prenant has also been a scriptwriter, actress and editor for Raymond Depardon, Romain Goupil or Jacques Kébadian. Bienvenue à Madagascar is her 3rd feature film.
- Screenplay
- Franssou Prenant
- Photography
- Franssou Prenant
- Sound
- Franssou Prenant, Jérôme Ayasse, Myriam René
- Production
- Survivance et Vie des Hauts production - Sophie de Hijes
