ÔTE-TOI DE MON SOLEIL
SYNOPSIS
Joseph cannot live at his own place any more. For many years, he has traveled around the city with his trolley to gather tons of miscellaneous papers and objects of all kinds, thus filling his flat with labyrinthine chaos. He is said to have “the Diogenes syndrome”. He is gifted with vertiginous erudition and witty humor. I help him unclog his home. One friendship is forming.
Balearic premiere. With the presence of the director.
Why must you see it?
Joseph imbues each image in the film with his personality, amidst the maze of objects, documents, and garbage in his home. The interaction between him and the director Messaline Raverdy slowly reveals a past marked by history and pain. Ôte-toi de mon soleil beautifully captures Joseph’s experience with the beauty of the fleeting as well as the complexity and mystery of a foreign life.
Margot Mecca
Messaline Raverdy
Messaline Raverdy studied Philosophy, Literature, Psychoanalysis and Visual Arts in Paris and Brussels (Sorbonne, Paris 7, la Cambre). In her work she experiments with different forms of visual media (super8, archives), trying to combine her interests for memory, identity’s deconstruction questions and her love for early cinema. Her first film Behind the Shutters (2018) has been shown in many festivals.
Year: 2023
Country: Belgium
Length: 50 min
Language: French
Subtitles: English and Spanish
Director: Messaline Raverdy
Production: MATIÈRE PREMIÈRE, JULIEN CONTREAU
Editor: EFFI WEISS, PAULINE PIRIS-NURY
IVANNE DE CANNART, JULIEN CONTREAU
