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Afriques: comment ça va avec la douleur?
F 1996 165'
Director: Raymond Depardon
Camera: Raymond Depardon
Sound: Claudine Nougaret
Editing: Roger Ikhlef
Afriques: comment ça va avec la douleur?
Raymond Depardon
“I am alone with my journey, glad to be here in the heart of
Africa, in the middle of the continent, far from events which
make up the news and yet at the heart of something. I notice
the real problems. I am happy to show you the Africa I love.”
Throughout his odyssey, Raymond Depardon wonders about the
state of the continent, but also questions his own way of seeing,
his preconceived notions which reality creates and destroys, the
images which show so little and which hold up so much. The
photographer/filmmaker revisits the scenes of his reports and
films and tries to sum up the situation once again. South Africa,
Angola, Rwanda, Somalia, Chad, Niger, Egypt… places which
successively excite his examination. His voice-over murmurs
muffled commentaries which precede, follow or are superimposed
upon the images. But never superimposed upon reality.
How does one film pain without exploiting it? Depardon shows
an immense respect for the people he films. If his shots
betray a great compassion, there is never a feeling of indulgent
connivance. He knows what should be filmed and what he will
not show. He does, however, hesitate from time to time. The
simple means he employs are guided by an all-encompassing
ethical prerogative: only sequential shots in which there are no
cuts, and 360° panoramic shots. Landscapes, groups of faces.
Suddenly the camera lingers on a sick child, on a dying mother.
And here the pain of an entire country overflows, noiselessly.
But, thanks to living in the present moment, laughter can also
be heard, smiles are in evidence even in the very thick of misery.
AFRIQUES: COMMENT ÇA VA AVEC LA DOUELUR? is more than a travel
notebook, it is a lesson in seeing and filmmaking.
Visions du Réel Nyon
Raymond Depardon
2004 PROFILS PAYSANS: LE QUOTIDIEN
2000 PROFILS PAYSANS: L'APPROCHE
1998 PARIS
1996 MURIEL LEFERLE
1996 AFRIQUES: COMMENT ÇA VA AVEC LA DOULEUR
1994 DELITS FLAGRANTS
1992 CARTHAGENA
1992 CONTACT "RAYMOND DEPARDON"
1990 LA CAPTIVE DU DESERT
1987 URGENCES
1986 NEW YORK, N.Y.
1985 EMPTY QUARTER, UNE FEMME EN AFRIQUE
1984 LES ANNEES DECLIC
1983 FAITS DIVERS
1981 REPORTERS
1980 10 MINUTES DE SILENCE POUR JOHN LENNON
1980 SAN CLEMENTE
1977 NUMERO ZERO
1975 1974 UNE PARTIE DE CAMPAGNE
1974 50.81%
1960 IAN PALLACH