LOUISE (TAKE 2)
France

 
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28/10 16:10 MASP 1- GRANDE AUDITÓRIO
31/10 13:00 SALA CINEMATECA


     Louise is a young Parisian who spends her days in the streets in the company of persons like herself who survive from petty theft and traffic of every kind. One day, her paths cross with Gaby, a boy who lives on his own, and Rémi, a dandy. These two encounters are to transform Louise's love life.

     Filmed camera in hand and close to the face, to action and emotion of the characters, the film leads us through a series of labyrinths, from the passages in the Paris subway to the city pavements, and on, along chic avenues and through the empty backstreets of L'Opéra, but above all through the yearnings and fears of the group in their wanderings through the city.

     This journey through the life and dreams of Louise, an improbable but truly genuine heroine is modern romance and a manifesto on vagrancy. Far from being a film on the "excluded", it is above all a love story, marked by urban poetry. It is also a reflection on freedom interpreted as a jazz solo.

   
 
Director : Siegfried
Screemplay : Siegfried
Fotografia : Hervé Schneid
Cast : Elodie Bouchez, Roschdy Zem, Gérald Thomassin, Antoine Du Merle, Naguim Bendidi, Abdel Houari, Bruce Myers
Production : Initial Productions 26, rue Marbeuf, 75008 Paris, France Tel.: 33 1 53 93 71 71
Fax: 33 1 53 93 71 70
  Col., 110min., 1998
 

French musician graduated in a conservatory, that will tell his surname only to customs officials. He plays the cello, composes and blends modern jazz with hip-hop, with oriental sounds or sounds from any other part of the world. The sound track of the film, of his authorship, is a good example of this. Siegfried also makes films. He made three short films before he began directing features such as Louise (Take 2).