Carnets de traversée, quais ouest

A charleston sounds in a closed boarding room of Le Havre autonomous harbour. A small group of lanky characters dressed 1900-like is moving then spliting up, in order to invade and dance-infect the harbour’s desert spaces.

In a disused departure lounge of the Autonomous Port of Le Havre, a Charleston rings out. A small group of gangly characters in 1900 style costumes flaps around before dispersing, to invade and contaminate by dance the empty spaces of the abandoned industrial port. One character, half-angel, half-devil, perched on the highest cranes, acts as a lookout. 

The contrasted image, charcoal black and piqued, refers to the realist film and focuses on the disseminated actions of a choreography that replays images of departure and exile. The sound, devised by Jean-Jacques Palix, insists on acoustic textures, mixes a profusion of rumours, and gives this short film a rich acoustic dramatic quality.

Source : Patrick Bossatti