Bigger Than Us
Synopsis
For six years, Melati, 18, has been fighting the plastic pollution that is ravaging her country, Indonesia. Like her, a generation is rising up to fix the world. Everywhere, teenagers and young adults are fighting for human rights, the climate, freedom of expression, social justice, access to education or food. Dignity. Alone against all odds, sometimes risking their lives and safety, they protect, denounce and care for others. The earth. And they change everything.
Melati goes to meet them across the globe. She wants to understand how to hold on and continue her action. From the favelas of Rio to the remote villages of Malawi, from makeshift boats off the island of Lesbos to Native American ceremonies in the mountains of Colorado, Rene, Mary, Xiu, Memory, Mohamad and Winnie reveal a magnificent world, one of courage and joy, of commitment to something bigger than oneself. At a time when everything seems to be or has been falling apart, these young people show us how to live. And what it means to be in the world today.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producers : Elzévir Films, Big Mother Productions
- Co-productions : All You Need Is Prod, France 2 Cinéma
- Film exports/foreign sales : Indie Sales
- French distribution : jour2fête
Full credits (13)
- Executive Producers : Denis Carot, Flore Vasseur
- Screenwriters : Flore Vasseur, Melati Wijsen
- Directors of Photography : Christophe Offenstein, Tess Barthes
- Music Composer : Rémi Boubal
- Assistant director : Dorothée Martin
- Editor : Aurélie Jourdan
- Sound recordists : Jean-Luc Audy, Fanny Weinzaepflen
- Co-producer : Marion Cotillard
- Production Manager : Riita Djime
- Sound Editor : Benjamin Rosier
- Grader : Richard Deusy
- Sound mixer : Fanny Weinzaepflen
- Participants : Melati Wijsen, Memory Banda, Mary Finn, Mohamad Al Jounde, René Silva, Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, Winnie Tushabe
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Documentary
- Production language : English
- Production country : France (100.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Yes
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2020
- French release : 22/09/2021
- Runtime : 1 h 36 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 150.776
- Approval : Yes
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : 5.1
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