Production
The City that ate souls away
DIRECTORs: diane sara bouzgarrou & thomas jenkoe
90 minutes | FrancE, BELGIUM
In Bakersfield, California, in the heart of a neglected, landlocked region of the United States threatened by severe economic and social problems and serious environmental disasters, a group of teenagers try to free themselves from the shackles of a past that impedes their present and seems to condemn their future.
At the heart of a country and a world that have too little to offer them, how can they manage to invent a destiny for themselves so that they no longer have to endure the one imposed on them?
Our film will focus on these young lives that are beginning in a world that is ending, and will take the form of a fresco carried by teenagers, whose intertwined trajectories, born in the darkness, are moving towards the light.
About
Production: Films de Force Majeure, Thank You & Good Night productions
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Support
MEDIA Creative Europe, Région Sud (development and production), CNC FAIA (writing and development), Pictanovo (writing, development and production), Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, CICLIC (writing), PROCIREP – ANGOA
This project was selected at
Villa Albertine 2022, Pitching du Réel 2022 – Unifrance award, Eurodoc 2021
Team
Writers & directors Diane Sara Bouzgarrou & Thomas Jenkoe
Line producer Nora Bertone
Producer Jean-Laurent Csinidis, Geneviève De Bauw
Technical sheet
Documentary
Format 4K
Sound 5.1, stéréo
Length 90 minutes
Languages English with french subtitles
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