Les endroits où nous ne sommes pas
The Places from Which We Are Absent
a film by MARTA KUCZA
FR Je filme mon ami Kante, Guinéen et Polonais d’adoption, travailleur de nuit en banlieue de Londres, la tête pleine d'une Afrique qu'il a quittée il y a bien longtemps. Et moi, une cosmopolite low-cost, tiraillée entre ma mère qui vient de tomber malade en Pologne et mon rêve d'une vie meilleure en Europe de l'Ouest. La débrouillardise au quotidien, l'angoisse face à un avenir incertain, et notre amitié qui adoucit les échecs et les frustrations.
EN I've been filming my friend Kante, Guinean by origin and Polish by adoption, a night worker in the suburbs of London with a head full of an Africa that he left many years ago. And me, a low-cost cosmopolitan, perpetually searching for a better place in Western Europe, visiting my mother who had fallen ill with cancer in Poland. My camera keeps track of my and Kante's fears of an uncertain future, our daily resourcefulness, and friendship - a remedy for our frustrations and setbacks.
with Kante Mamadi, Grażyna Tonder-Brzosko and Grażyna Dębowska
written, photographed and directed by Marta Kucza
editing Julien Contreau · Marta Kucza
sound editing & mixing Jean-Noël Boissé
color grading Pierre-Louis Cassou · Daniel Allen
soundtrack Ségolène Neyroud
production Julien Contreau · Julie Arrue
produced by Matière Première · Cristal Films · AJC! · GSARA
documentary⎥2023⎥68’⎥DCP · color · stereo⎥Belgium · France
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EN I've been filming my friend Kante, Guinean by origin and Polish by adoption, a night worker in the suburbs of London with a head full of an Africa that he left many years ago. And me, a low-cost cosmopolitan, perpetually searching for a better place in Western Europe, visiting my mother who had fallen ill with cancer in Poland. My camera keeps track of my and Kante's fears of an uncertain future, our daily resourcefulness, and friendship - a remedy for our frustrations and setbacks.
with Kante Mamadi, Grażyna Tonder-Brzosko and Grażyna Dębowska
written, photographed and directed by Marta Kucza
editing Julien Contreau · Marta Kucza
sound editing & mixing Jean-Noël Boissé
color grading Pierre-Louis Cassou · Daniel Allen
soundtrack Ségolène Neyroud
production Julien Contreau · Julie Arrue
produced by Matière Première · Cristal Films · AJC! · GSARA
documentary⎥2023⎥68’⎥DCP · color · stereo⎥Belgium · France
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