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Un Métier comme un autre

Julie Bertuccelli
1994 France 26 minutes French
DR

One day, each found himself at the Pantin cemetery holding “the spade and the pickaxe” in their hands. Because they were unemployed, or immigrants – and you have to earn a living somehow… But working close to death and mourning, is it really “a job like any other”? The film shows a typical day in the life of these gravediggers. An autumn day which is, nonetheless, quite different from any other…

Production :
Ateliers Varan
Distribution :
Ateliers Varan
Editing :
Sylvaine Dampierre
Sound :
Catherine Lecoq
Photography :
Julie Bertuccelli

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