The sublime Stéphane
Stéphane Mandelbaum leaves behind a prolific and tormented body of work. From childhood, drawing as naturally as breathing, he never ceased to depict violence. In his frantic quest for identity, Stéphane laid bare everything that crossed his mind, each time in a repetitive and obsessive manner. As a Jew, he used Yiddish in his drawings for its graphic richness; he painted portraits of figures as unsettling and mythical as Pasolini, Rimbaud and Bacon; he painted larger-than-life figures of the night, as well as a series of self-portraits in which he distorted and mutilated himself. During the last two years of his life, Stéphane was the director’s neighbour; they met almost daily. At the age of 25, Stéphane was murdered.
Credits
Director: Gérard Preszow
Cinematography: Jorge Leon
Sound: Cosmas Antoniadis
Sound mixing: Gilbert Lantin
Editing: Eva Houdova
Production
Cobra Films
Co-production
RTBF (Carré Noir) / WIP (Liège) / BRTN (Tekens)
With the support of
The French Community of Belgium
Reviews
La sainteté Stéphane_2810c.pdf
Awards
Grand Prix of the Brussels Region at the Filmer à tout prix Festival
City of Iasi Award at the Lausanne International Film Festival on Art,
Special Mention from the jury chaired by Nagisa Oshima at FIPA 1994
Broadcasts
RTBF
BRTN (Belgium)
ARTE (France)
Festival(s)
Nuit du cinéma Joseph Plateau Awards
Montreal World Film Festival
Amascultura Documentary Film Festival, Portugal 1995
Brussels International Film Festival
Ankara Film Festival – Turkey
Objectif Doc, Paris (France) 2005