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A Girl from Ouessant

2018-04-15 fr 28m
Drama
At the tip of Brittany, the island of Ouessant—a grassy heathland swept by sea winds—is the last land before America. Given its geographical situation, it is a place that opens wide the doors of imagination. A Girl from Ouessant is an invented and, at the same time very documented, cartography of the island. This methodical statement starts as the diary of Éléonore Saintagnan, the resident artist-filmmaker at the Créac’h semaphore station, an ideal site for observing the surrounding area. Then, the account shifts towards a playful mise en scène, peopled with sailors’ wives, kelp burners, stories of little black sheep or countless shipwrecks… Drawing on the regional archives filmed in black and white dating from a time when the island lived mainly from fishing, the game begins.

Producer

Olga Rozenblum

Director

Éléonore Saintagnan

Producer

Ann Stouvenel

Cinematography

Éléonore Saintagnan

Cinematography

Grégoire Motte

Editor

Frédéric Dupont

Status

Released

Countries

  • France

Companies

  • Michigan Films