Expenditure
Expenditure short film – 17’45 – 2022 SYNOPSIS From the confines of the cosmos to our intimacy, from consumption to consumption, from the fatality of things to reasoned destruction, a reflection on spending, on its limits, on our limits. DIRECTION Sylvain Luini SCRIPT Marc Sastre PRODUCTION Xbo films Born on June 1st 1967 in Montauban, […]
The Dragon of Calais – Show
The Dragon of Calais – Show Recording of a live performance – 20′ – 2021 SYNOPSIS In November 2019, the famous Dragon of the Compagnie La Machine appears in Calais. The directors Dominique Deluze and Sylvain Luini have made an exclusive recording of this show to immerse the viewer in the atmosphere of this exceptional […]
The Field of Giants
The Field of Giants Auteur documentary – 51′ – 2020 SYNOPSIS For four days in November 2018, the city of Toulouse experienced an unprecedented shock: a gigantic 47-ton Minotaur and a 6-meter tall Spider invaded its streets, followed by almost a million spectators. This monumental event, the likes of which have never before been seen, announced […]
The Dragon of Calais
The Dragon of Calais Auteur documentary – 52′ – 2020 SYNOPSIS This choral film presents an intimate portrait of the city of Calais, whose citizens’ lives will soon be turned upside down by a major cultural event : the arrival of a wooden and steel Sea Dragon, the symbol of the city’s redevelopment plan. For the […]
Blindfolded
Blindfolded Auteur documentary – 57′ – 2019 SYNOPSIS Blindfolded on the football pitch, I am in the dark. Pitch black. I hear a voice in front of me… ‘Right goalpost!’ I try to imagine the position of the right goalpost. And then ‘Left goalpost!’… Then ‘Focus!’, with these three pieces of information, I’m supposed to […]
The Guardian of the Temple
The Guardian of the Temple Recording of a live performance – 35’50 – 2019 SYNOPSIS For a few days – and then permanently – Toulouse will live to the rhythm of a mythological opera orchestrated by the company « La Machine » and its famous expert mechanics. A Minotaur weighing several tons appeared one morning, […]
The barber shop
The barber shop Short film – 16’12 – 2017 SYNOPSIS Surrendering themselves to razors and scissors, Emran, Gadisa and Maher are having their hair cut or beard trimmed. Sitting in front of the mirror, their thoughts drift between memories of home and the tragic events of the journey that brought them here, to the Calais […]
The Island’s Machines, an urban project
The Island’s Machines, an urban project Auteur documentary – 52′ – 2013 SYNOPSIS This documentary retraces the three-year creation of a monumental sculptural work of art : the carousel of Marine Worlds. This merry-go-round, with its unique shapes, dimensions, and its references to Nantes’ maritime history, is only a first step in the much more […]
LONG MA, the horse’s spirit
LONG MA, l’esprit du cheval dragon Documentaire de création – 69′ – 2015 SYNOPSIS Des premières esquisses de François Delarozière à Nantes au spectacle final à Pékin, “L’Esprit du Cheval Dragon” raconte les six mois d’une épopée théâtrale hors du commun. Ce film d’aventure, tourné au plus près de la compagnie nantaise La Machine, dévoile […]
A farewell to the Floralies
A farewell to the Floralies Auteur documentary – 75′ – 2017 SYNOPSIS Constructed in 1972, the Floralies residence in Ramonville is a remarkable example of Utopian architecture from the late 1960s. It was an era when certain architects thought that urban planning could change society. Forty years later, this neighborhood of 276 units, which should […]
