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The Mechanics of Things
DIRECTOR: Alessandra Celesia
101 minutes | FRANCE, Germany
It all began with:
A broken and battered father and his daughter who dreams of “fixing” him.
A cat falling from the 8th floor and becoming a paraplegic.
A medical experiment involving 12 paralysed people in China. A road accident in Italy.
And this is how The Mechanics of Things brought it all together in a crazy collective adventure to try and fix the unfixable.
About
Production: Films de Force Majeure, Dirk Manthey Film
Release: 6 décembre 2023
France distribution: Tangente Distribution
World sales: Lightdox
Gallery
Support
In coproduction with ZDF in collaboration with ARTE – La Lucarne Eurimages, Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (dev. & prod.), CNC – Fonds d’aide à l’innovation, Film Commission Vallée d’Aoste, MOIN Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, Ciclic (dev.), PROCIREP – Société des producteurs, ANGOA
Project selected at
Les Arcs – Work in Progress 2021, When East Meets West – EWA Recognition award 2021
Crew
Writer & Director Alessandra Celesia
Director of Photography François Chambe
Sound Engineer Marilou Cuffini-Fabre
Editor Nicolas Milteau
Postproduction coordinator Nora Bertone
Executive producer Luca Bich – L’Eubage
Production manager Jérôme Nunes
Producers Jean-Laurent Csinidis, Dirk Manthey
Technical sheet
Documentary
Format HD
Sound 5.1, stéréo
Length 101 minutes
Colour
Visa Number 154.839
FESTIVALS
Sguardi Altrove Film Festival (Italy)
Torino Film Festival (Italy)
Les Etats généraux du Film Documentaire – Lussas – Expériences du regard (France)