Lèv la tèt dann fenwar = In the billowing night / We Film présente ; en coproduction avec Les films du haut d'un arbre, Le Fresnoy, Studio national des arts contemporains, VMP Films ; un film écrit et réalisé par Érika Étangsalé ; produit par Jonathan Rubin.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Étangsalé, Érika, film director, screenwriter.

Rubin, Jonathan, film producer.

We Film (Film), production company.

Films du haut d'un arbre (Firm), production company.

Fresnoy (Art center : Tourcoing, France), production company.

Sudu Connexion (Firm), publisher, distributor.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--France.

Immigrants.

Retirees--France.

Retirees.

Réunion--Emigration and immigration.

Réunion.

Réunion--Colonization.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (51 min.)) : sound, color

Other Title:

In the billowing night

Place of Publication:

[Le Pré-Saint-Gervais, France] : Sudu Connexion, [2021]

Language Note:

In French with English subtitles.

Summary:

Jean-René is a retired workman who has lived in Mâcon, France, since emigrating from Reunion Island at the age of 17. Today, for the first time ever, the quiet man recounts his story to his daughter. His journey is interspersed with enigmatic dreams and pains that are rooted in the wounds of the French colonial past.

Credits:

Cinematography, Jonathan Rubin & Fiona Braillon ; editing, Marianne Haroche.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed March 25, 2024).

Publisher Number:

su-itbn Docuseek2