The Clothes of Our Lives
Synopsis
What does a garment say about us, our life, our past, our hopes, our renunciations?
Clothes are a part of ourselves. A protection, a bulwark, a showcase, a pretense, an identity, a memory. They change according to our desires, our constraints, our age, the seasons, our profession. They can be militant or ditsy. They are a teenager's passport, the mask we put on to hide, reveal ourselves, look like someone, impose, disappear. The Clothes of Our Lives is a journey through time, but also a social, political, and generational journey. A journey through life.
In a minimalist set, a mirror, a clothesline, a small wooden table, a garment and its owner. Fourteen people, ranging in age from fourteen to seventy-five, tell their stories in a unique setting. Each with a garment: yellow vest, lawyer's robe, sneakers, tuxedo. In this suspended time, as they tell their stories, our imaginations can unfold.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Iskra
- Co-production : La Générale de Production
Full credits (14)
- Executive Producer : Viviane Aquilli
- Screenwriter : Stéphane Mercurio
- Director of Photography : Mathieu Bertholet
- Music Composers : Camille Després, Mathieu Coupat
- Assistant directors : Lena Fraenkel, Pauline Roth
- Editor : Martin Hardouin Duparc
- Sound Recordist : Julien Brossier
- Executive Producer : Viviane Aquilli
- Co-producer : Alexandre Hallier
- Production managers : Matthieu de Laborde, Bérengère Sabourin
- Sound Editor : Jean-Marc Schick
- Animation : Maximilien Mpoto-Imana
- Grader : Herbert Posch
- Sound Mixer : Jean-Marc Schick
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Research - Experimental, Video art
- Themes : Metamorphosis, Fashion, Psychology
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2022
- Runtime : 41 min 4 seconds
- Visa number : 159.722
- Visa issue date : 22/06/2023
- Production formats : Digital video
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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