Allo la France
A feature documentary by Floriane Devigne
In provincial France, the "periphery" of the country, where public services have disappeared or been ruthlessly stripped back according to purely utilitarian criteria, I make the disappearance of telephone booths a symbol. This road movie looking for the ruins of the 20th century is built on telephone conversations, archives and chance encounters. It is also a journey back in time. I am looking for traces of abandoned collective projects, shifted political horizons, broken promises of emancipation. From the end of the telephone booth to the advent of the "medical booth", I meditate on what it really is, this thing we call "progress".
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World premiere:
2023, Visions du Réel – Nyon International Film Festival
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Coproducers:
Les Films de l'œil sauvage (FR), La Vie est Belle (FR), Studio Lemon (FR) and Cinépassage (FR)Writers:
Floriane Devigne and Christine DoryDirector:
Floriane DevigneProducer:
Thomas ReichlinComposer:
Këpa (Bastien Duverdier)Cinematographers:
Nathalie Durand, Aurélien Py and Georgi LazarevskiEditors:
Gwenola Héaulme, Floriane DevigneSound Department:
Valentine Gelin, Pascale Mons and Fred BielleSpecs:
77’, FR, CH, 2023Language:
French
Floriane Devigne
Floriane Devigne, born in Lausanne, studied at INSAS. La clé de la chambre à lessive (Grand prix SSR SRG at Visions du réel), Dayana Mini Market and No Box for Me, an intersex story have been presented and awarded in many international festivals. Juste Charity has just been presented at the Solothurn Film Festival before its broadcast on Arte. She also directed her first short film Les chiens, produced by Canal +. Allo la France is her first film for the cinema.
Filmography
2023 Allo la France
2023 Juste Charity
2021 Les chiens
2018 No Box for Me, an intersex story
2014 Biffe Thérapie
2013 La clé de la chambre à lessive
2012 Dayana Mini Market
2010 Soeur cousine
2009 Madame
2008 Family Movie
2007 La boîte à tartines
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