Human Geography (2013)
Gare du Nord in Paris is a transit station for all those coming from the suburbs, the provinces or abroad. Accompanied by Simon Mérabet, the son of Algerian immigrants from the Var, Human Geography offers a series of brief meetings with individuals who recount their lives in just a few words before disappearing to take their trains. The crowd of passengers is embodied in these stories, one life after another, and we see how globalization fashions individual destinies, subject to geographical and economic pressures.
Director: Claire Simon
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Simon Merabet as Self |
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Claire Simon as Self |
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Clémence Challier as Self |
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David Desfontaines as Self |
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Symphorien Giroux as Self |
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Thanh Nam-Hee as Self |
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Dama Traore as Self |
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Joseph Urvois as Self |
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Mikael Moal as Self |
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Hakim Abdenour as Self |
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May as Self |
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Narcissa Wandel as Self |
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Gwenaëlle Oriot as Self |
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Imane El Moutaoukil as Self |
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Marie Etheart as Self |
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Mahmat as Self |
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Amadou Diop as Self |
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Marie Segomarie as Self |
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Ali as Self |
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Thiefaine as Self |
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François as Self |
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Djouhra Bouateli as Self |
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Ali Manzouri as Self |
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Auguste Kumba as Self |
| Directing | Claire Simon | Director |
| Production | Richard Copans | Producer |
| Production | Nelly Mabilat | Director of Operations |
| Directing | Benoît Laborde | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Claire Simon | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Katell Djian | Consulting Editor |
| Editing | Pascale Granel | Consulting Editor |
| Sound | Olivier Hespel | Sound |
| Sound | Thomas Gastinel | Sound |
| Sound | Grégory Noël | Sound |
| Sound | Sylvain Copans | Sound |
| Editing | Catherine Rascon | Editor |
| Editing | Luc Forveille | Editor |
| Editing | Claire Simon | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Catherine Gouze | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Gustavo Vasco | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Emma Benestan | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Dominique Vieillard | Sound Editor |
| Editing | Elie Akoka | Color Grading |
| Art | Stéphane Medez | Title Designer |
| Sound | Miles M. Davis | Music |