Celui qui aime a raison [extrait 1]

”Celui qui aime a raison” (2005) is a medium-length fiction film by Arnold Pasquier. It was shot in various locations, namely São Paulo, Curitiba, Porto Alegre in Brazil, and Buenos Aires in Argentina. It was produced as part of a Villa Médicis Hors les murs residency.  

“Marcos and Osmar live together. Marcos meets Walmir, falls in love with him, and presents him to Osmar. The three men live together, happily. But Walmir mysteriously disappears. His absence drives both men into the city where each, in his own manner, pursues the vanished lover. Marcos provokes experiences to remember him, while Osmar sets off to look for him. He travels to São Paulo, Brazil, Uruguay and finally Argentina, where his journey ends on the banks of a river”.  

Remark by Arnold Pasquier in 2019 :  

“”Celui qui aime a raison” is a film that follows in the footsteps of my previous films, combining choreographic presence and landscapes. What the characters are unable to say (love, desire), they prefer to dance or to sing it. I wanted to show the continuity between the world and the gesture, an occasion for fictions between the body and its environment. I travelled through the city of São Paulo, contemplated its unique urban planning, met with “Paulistas” and, inspired by my contact with them, wrote the scenario of the film. Accompanied by two dancers and an actor, we told the tale of a couple overwhelmed by their encounter with a third person in which the city plays — from São Paulo to Buenos Aires — a role as a revealer. “Celui qui aime a raison“ was produced with the backing of the Association Française d’Action Artistique, as part of the « Villa Médicis Hors-les-murs“ programme.