In the Billowing Night

A Short film of

Érika Étangsalé

Produced by

We Film

Production year2021

Runtime51 min

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Synopsis

Jean-René is a retired workman who has lived in Mâcon, France, since emigrating from Reunion Island at the age of 17. Today, for the first time ever, the quiet man recounts his story to his daughter. His journey is interspersed with enigmatic dreams and pains that are rooted in the wounds of the French colonial past.

Credits

Director (1)

Érika Étangsalé
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Production and distribution (3)

Executive Producer : We Film

Co-productions : Les Films du Haut d'un Arbre, Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains, VMP Films

Film exports/foreign sales : L'Agence du court métrage, Sudu Connexion

Full credits (12)

Executive Producer : Jonathan Rubin

Screenwriter : Érika Étangsalé

Directors of Photography : Jonathan Rubin, Fiona Braillon

Editor : Marianne Haroche

Sound Recordist : Pierre George

Voice : Simiao Nhantumbo

Co-producer : Olivier Dejean

Production Manager : Jonathan Rubin

Sound Editor : Pierre George

Grader : Aline Conan

Sound Mixer : Yannick Delmaire

Participants : Jean-René Étangsalé, Jean-Mahele Kofi, Larissa Zafy, Papa Sémou Diouf, Erika Monique Bezandry

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Technical details

Type : Short film
Genres : Documentary
Sub-genre : Research - Experimental
Themes : Emigration, Exile, Exodus, Dreams
Production language : French, Creole, Malagasy, Wolof
Production country : France
Original French-language productions : Unspecified
Nationality : 100% French (France)
Production year : 2021
Runtime : 51 min
Visa number : 152.611
Visa issue date : 28/09/2021
Production formats : 16mm
Color type : Color and Black & White
Aspect ratio : 1.33
Audio format : Digital 5.1
Rating restrictions : None

News & awards

News (2)

Unifrance partners a French focus at Doclisboa and its industry section Nebulae

04 OCTOBER 2022

News in brief

Unifrance accompanies French documentaries at Visions du Réel

29 MARCH 2022

Festivals & events

Selections (5)

Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
Czech Republic, 2022
Doc Alliance Selection
Doclisboa
Portugal, 2022
Doc Alliance
Visions du Réel
Switzerland, 2022
Doc Alliance
IDFA - International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
The Netherlands, 2021
Paradocs
Focus: unConscious Bias

Resources

Festivals Listing(1)

in-the-billowing-night-festivals-listing-french.pdf

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Website(1)

https://www.we-film.fr/lev-la-tet-dann-fenwar

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