A VIOLENT DESIRE FOR JOY
a feature film by Clément Schneider
ACID programme - FESTIVAL DE CANNES 2018 (France)
FIPRESCI / ENDLESS REVOLUTIONS BEST FILM AWARD - Seville European Film Festival 2018 (Spain)
Filmfest Hamburg 2018 (Germany)
CPH PIX 2018 (Denmark)
10th Kyoto Historica International Film Festival (Japan)
7th La Orquidea Cuenca Film Festival (Ecuador)
1792. Far from the epicentre of the French Revolution, the monastery of young monk Gabriel is requisitioned by the revolutionary troops to serve as barracks. The new ideas Gabriel discovers through the forced cohabitation between monks and soldiers don't leave him indifferent.
Cast: Quentin Dolmaire, Grace Seri, Francis Leplay, Franc Bruneau, Vincent Cardona
Cinematography / DOP : Manuel Bolaños
Production: Alice Bégon / Les Films d’Argile
75 min - 2K - 1,33:1