Saule Marceau
2017
In *Saule Marceau*, Juliette Achard sets out to take us, along with her brother Clément, on a quest to rediscover the Westerns of their childhood. But she is soon caught up in the reality of a different, modern-day Western: that of her brother trying to set up his farming business. She then meticulously and carefully crafts a subtle film about a cowboy, a real one, alone against everyone (or almost everyone); all the while drawing on the magic that cinema can conjure. Whether it’s an unfinished film or a dream film, it matters little: this film is the ‘Saule Marceau’ of their childhood, which both fascinates and raises questions.
Credits
Director: Juliette Achard
Cinematography: Fiona Braillon
Sound: Félix Blume, Céline Carridroit, Marlène Laviale & Mariette Mattieu Goudier
Sound mixing: Simon Apostolou
Editing: Juliette Achard
Production
Les Films de la caravane
Co-production
Cobra Films / CBA (Centre de l'audiovisuel à Bruxelles) / Le Fresnoy - National Studio for Contemporary Arts.
With the support of
Script development grant from the Limousin Region / Rewrite grant from the Midi-Pyrénées Region / Script development grant from the CNC, location scouting support from the CBA (Centre de l’Audiovisuel à Bruxelles) / Production grant from the Limousin Region, production grant from the CBA.
Festival(s)
Público Newspaper / MUBI Award for Best Short Film at the DocLisboa 2017 festival (Lisbon)
Prize awarded by inmates of Bois-d'Arcy Prison at the Festival Cinéma du Réel 2018 (Paris) - Read the text by the inmates of Bois-d'Arcy Prison; Best Belgian Newcomer Award at the Millenium Film Festival 2018 (Brussels)
Working Title Film Festival 2018 (Vicenza)
Best Short Film at Documenta Madrid 2018
Vidéo les Beaux jours 2018 (Strasbourg)
Cinéma du Réel - Hors les murs
Internationales Kurz Film Festival Hamburg 2018
International Competition; Kabinet, 2018 (Brussels)
Festival Résistances 2018 (Foix)
FilmCaravan 2018, Grand Jury Prize, joint winner (Imperia, Italy)
Festival Silhouette 2018, Documentary Jury Prize (Paris)
Faito Doc Festival 2018 (Faito, Italy).