In the Billowing Night

Érika Étangsalé — 2021
Creative documentary — 51 min — 16 mm color and black & white — DCP — 35 mm
French and Réunion Creole with subtitles in French, English, Spanish, and Portuguese
Distribution visa n° 152.611 issued on 28/09/2021

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

Producer: Jonathan Rubin
Director: Érika Étangsalé
Screenplay: Érika Étangsalé
Cinematography: Jonathan Rubin, Fiona Braillon
Sound: Pierre George
Editing: Marianne Haroche
Sound Mixing: Yannick Delmaire
With the support of Région Réunion, the French National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image (CNC), Tënk, and Le Fresnoy – National Studio of Contemporary Arts.

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