Polders, les noces de la terre de l’eau et du ciel
A product of Man’s age-old struggle against nature, the Polders are stretches of land that have been reclaimed from the sea. The sight of them can create a state of deep meditation, as no other landscape in the world better reveals the marriage of earth, water and sky. The poet Gaston Compère escorts us on an exploration of these magical, highly evocative spots, which are true landscapes of the soul. These places have been permeated, marked forever by his poetry and by a wooden boat which, throughout the film, represents the author’s alter ego. Yet this land has also been reclaimed in order to produce, it must produce, even though…’
Né à Verdello, province de Bergame en 1966. Nationalité italienne. Diplômé de psychopédagogie de l’université de Padoue en 1992, il a travaillé avec le groupe Ipotesi Cinema de Bassano del Grappa. Egalement peintre et musicien, il prépare actuellement son premier long métrage : Le Duc ou la chronique d’un Dieu. Il a réalisé une dizaine de courts métrages, dont:
• Tout est là (Tutto li dentro), 1993 • Panta rei, Segnali di fumo, 1992 • Polders, 1998 • The Hysterical Visionary Tour, 2002
Vivi Film; Films du nord; RTBF; WIP Wallonie image Production; Arte
Claudio Serughetti; Stéphane Dhenin
Alain Marcoen; Louis-Philippe Capelle; Virginie Saint-Martin; Dominique Henry