Ouvertures
Spectre Productions/The Living and the Dead Ensemble
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Spectre Productions/The Living and the Dead Ensemble
Synopsis
Moving from the frozen landscapes of the Jura mountains to the urban centres of Port-au-Prince, Ouvertures brings the Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture back to life. In France a Haitian researcher tries to read the past within the stratigraphic layers of Jurassic limestone, whilst in Haiti a group of young actors translate and rehearse scenes from 'Monsieur Toussaint', a play written by Édouard Glissant, that recounts the last days in the life of Louverture dying in exile in a prison cell in the Jura, 1803. Ghosts from the pantheon of Haitian history visit Louverture on his deathbed and put him to trial. As the play proceeds the actors become possessed by their characters, and eventually the ghost of Louverture joins the group and takes them on a voyage for a new kind of exile.
Official Selection Berlinale 2020 - Forum - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2020
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 140 min
- Format
- 16mm, HD video
- Director
- Louis Henderson, Olivier Marboeuf with The Living and the Dead Ensemble 1st Feature
- Producer
- Olivier Marboeuf
- Co-Producer
- Sarah Perks
- Executive Producer
- Cedric Walter
- Editor
- Louis Henderson
- Screenwriter
- Léonard Jean Baptiste, Mackenson Bijou, Rossi Jacques Casimir, Dieuvela Cherestal, James Desiris, James Fleurissaint, Louis Henderson, Cynthia Maignan, Olivier Marboeuf, Mimétik Nèg
- Director of Photography
- Louis Henderson, Diana Vidrascu
- Sound
- Mikael Barre, André Fevre, Louis Henderson, Antonio Lefeuvre, Jean Marcaisse Bellegarde, Roudie Rigaud Marcelin, Gabor Ripli, Jules Wysocki
- Music
- João Polido
- Principal Cast
- Léonard Jean Baptiste, Mackenson Bijou, Rossi Jacques Casimir, Dieuvela Cherestal, James Desiris, James Fleurissaint, Cynthia Maignan, Mimétik Nèg
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 21st January 2020
