The Strategy of the Snail

The Strategy of the Snail 1993

7.30

A group of tenants living in an old house are confronted with having to move out due to a renovation project the city has undertaken. The tenants decide to unite and come up with a strategy, but in the process—while the landlord and his aggressive attorney are chasing them—the tenants transform into the opposite of who they once were.

1993

Tokyo-Paraguaipoa

Tokyo-Paraguaipoa 1996

3.70

Ryuzo, Japanese young man who has committed a crime of passion in Tokyo, is sent by his father to Paraguaipoa to escape justice. In this place, inhabited by the Wayuu ethnic group, meets Princess Campanula. Among them was a love affair, not welcomed by the smuggler Challenger occurs.

1996

Patrice Chéreau, Pascal Greggory, une autre solitude

Patrice Chéreau, Pascal Greggory, une autre solitude 1996

10.00

A look at the entire process of creating and developing Patrice Chéreau’s third staging of "In the Solitude of Cotton Fields" by Bernard Marie Koltès with Pascal Greggory and Chéreau himself. From the first reading around the table through the first contact with the performance space, rehearsals and lighting to opening night, the entire creative process unfurls in front of our eyes. The film shows us the evolving and ongoing dialogue between Greggory and Chéreau, a dialogue full of crises and magical moments of harmony and insight via which the truth, intensity, complexity, mystery and depth of Koltès’ text gradually emerge to form an implicit bond between these two men. The film also shows Chéreau directing rehearsals for Mozart’s "Don Giovanni" in Salzburg, revealing both the unity of and profound differences between his opera and theater work.

1996

The African Child

The African Child 1995

5.20

In Kouroussa, his native village, little Baba lives happily, between Madou, his father, a gifted mechanic, Kouda, his sweet mother, and his gang of pals. Kouroussa is a wonderful place where Baba learns about life. But like all little boys Baba grows and now he is old enough to continue his studies in Conakry. He must say farewell to his village and cross all Guinea to the capital city of Guinea to live with his uncle.

1995

Lebanon: Bits and Pieces

Lebanon: Bits and Pieces 1994

1

Explores the realities of present day Lebanon as reflected through the voices of women. After a seven year absence, Nakkas returned to Lebanon to record the dreams, disappointments of her generation of women and meet a younger generation of women whose only memory is of Lebanon at war.

1994