Director
Lucile Chaufour’s Love & Crashes takes us for an unforgettable ride in partnership. With a mixture of fictional and documentary techniques, the film immerses us in the universe of sidecar racing, paying attention to the peculiarities of a vehicle driven by a magical alliance between pilot and passenger (or as it is known in sidecar jargon, 'monkey'). Aided by a dreamy musical score and Hélène Louvart’s deft cinematography, Love & Crashes explores technique and sensuality, control and spontaneity, the physical and the mental, speed and care.
Editor
Léone, the owner of a bar-restaurant in a Parisian suburb, is a wise cracking ogres who swings her impressive figure between tables of regulars. All curves, peroxide hair and quickfire repartee, Léone is a woman in a men's world where her word is law. Among them is her son, Patrick, who is still a child and only has eyes for her.
Director
Léone, the owner of a bar-restaurant in a Parisian suburb, is a wise cracking ogres who swings her impressive figure between tables of regulars. All curves, peroxide hair and quickfire repartee, Léone is a woman in a men's world where her word is law. Among them is her son, Patrick, who is still a child and only has eyes for her.
Writer
In the late 80's, the filmmaker shot with a group of punks who were struggling with the communist regime. 20 years later, she comes back and asks them how do they see life in Hungary before and after the fall of the Berlin wall? Their testimonies help us understand how the market economy has put the Hungarian population in an ambivalent situation. With a liberal left-wing dismantling the socialist heritage and a social right-wing reverting to nationalism, the traditional line between the Right and the Left has been blurred. What remains is an ideological confusion that we all have to face.
Director
In the late 80's, the filmmaker shot with a group of punks who were struggling with the communist regime. 20 years later, she comes back and asks them how do they see life in Hungary before and after the fall of the Berlin wall? Their testimonies help us understand how the market economy has put the Hungarian population in an ambivalent situation. With a liberal left-wing dismantling the socialist heritage and a social right-wing reverting to nationalism, the traditional line between the Right and the Left has been blurred. What remains is an ideological confusion that we all have to face.
A group of pals are united by their love of Fifties rock’n’roll, the fact that they’re working class and the outsider status this confers upon them. This weekend, the group, accompanied by the girlfriend of one of their members, and more or less their scapegoat, has decided to head to Havre for a concert. The whole rockabilly community is there. As they hang out, beer flows and fights erupt. And so the night passes.
Director
A group of pals are united by their love of Fifties rock’n’roll, the fact that they’re working class and the outsider status this confers upon them. This weekend, the group, accompanied by the girlfriend of one of their members, and more or less their scapegoat, has decided to head to Havre for a concert. The whole rockabilly community is there. As they hang out, beer flows and fights erupt. And so the night passes.
