Récréations
“There is a kind of country, tiny, so small that it resembles a theater set. It is inhabited two or three times per day by its people. The inhabitants are small as well. Even if they live under certain laws, they respeatedly put them into question, which leads them to fight violently with each other. The country is called “the court” and its people “the children”. When “the children” go into “the court”, they discover and feel the force of sentiment or human servitude. – this is called RECREATION”.(Claire Simon)
Claire Simon is a French filmmaker. She discovered the art of direct cinema in the Ateliers Varan and made her first documentaries including c (1995) and Récréations (1998). She has also written and directed three feature-length dramas: Sinon oui (1997), Ça brûle (2005) and Les Bureaux de Dieu (2008). She also made the documentaries Gare du Nord (2013), Le Bois dont les rêves sont faits (2016) and Le Concours (2017). After her 2020 documentary series, Le Village, (20 x 26-min episodes), in 2021 Claire Simon made the documentary Le Fils de l’épicière, le Maire, le Village et le Monde, due for release this year.
Sept; Films d'Ici
Suzanne Koch
Pierre-Louis Garcia
Claire Simon