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Les Passeurs

Valérie Denesle
1995 France 48 minutes French

“Filming the everyday life of three brothers who are undertakers in a small town in Burgundy, the intimacy of their relationship with the dead, with death. A film which seeks to open up the way to an acceptable image of death, far-removed from the business arguments involved in this occupation, from any kind of voyeurism or rejection; a film which reveals how difficult it is to witness and to show death in its material, everyday form.” (Valérie Denesle, Anne Peyrègne)

Valérie Denesle

Née en 1965. Etudes de Lettres Modernes et de cinéma. A réalisé :

Domicile fixe, 1993 – Les Passeurs, 1995 – Après tout, 2001 – Ekimoz, premières pistes, 2003 – Le Mal de mère, 2004 – Le Petit nouveau, 2005

Production :
Films de la Boissière; Périphérie; Planète; Arca Haute-Normandie
Editing :
Michèle Darmon
Sound :
Cyril Moisson
Photography :
Laurent Machuel

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