Versailles
Pierre Schoeller
Paris, today. Nina, no job, no attachments, and Enzo, her five-year-old son, are homeless. Their wanderings lead them to Versailles. In the woods, near the Chateau, Damien lives alone in a hut. Nina spends the night with him. In the morning Nina has disappeared. When Damien wakes up he finds Enzo next to him...
With : Guillaume Depardieu, Max Baissette de Malglaive, Judith Chemla, Aure Atika
Screenplay : Pierre Schoeller
Image : Julien Hirsch
Sound : Yves-Marie Omnes, François Méreu, Stéphane Thiébaut
Editing : Mathilde Muyart
Decors : Brigitte Brassart
Screenplay : Pierre Schoeller
Image : Julien Hirsch
Sound : Yves-Marie Omnes, François Méreu, Stéphane Thiébaut
Editing : Mathilde Muyart
Decors : Brigitte Brassart
Production : Les Films du Losange, Les films Pelléas
Distribution: Les Films du Losange
Distribution: Les Films du Losange
With its surprising title, Pierre Schoeller's first film talks soberly about misery. "The idea of Versailles came from when I discovered a dead man in the woods during the storms of the year 2000, just by the Chateau... I had to find the right image of this mother living in the streets with her child or of the man living in the woods. Poverty is a word which refers to very different situations... Someone sleeping on a bench or dressed in rags: this is ageless. This dimension took me towards a certain type of silent film where the pictures speak for themselves... For Guillaume Depardieu, and his broad range of feelings and expressions, there was this very strong encounter with the character and the film" (P. Schoeller).