A Girl from Ouessant (2018)
At the tip of Brittany, the island of Ouessant—a grassy heathland swept by sea winds—is the last land before America. Given its geographical situation, it is a place that opens wide the doors of imagination. A Girl from Ouessant is an invented and, at the same time very documented, cartography of the island. This methodical statement starts as the diary of Éléonore Saintagnan, the resident artist-filmmaker at the Créac’h semaphore station, an ideal site for observing the surrounding area. Then, the account shifts towards a playful mise en scène, peopled with sailors’ wives, kelp burners, stories of little black sheep or countless shipwrecks… Drawing on the regional archives filmed in black and white dating from a time when the island lived mainly from fishing, the game begins.
Director: Éléonore Saintagnan
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Éléonore Saintagnan as Barba |
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Ann Stouvenel as Anne |
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Grégoire Motte as Saint-Roch |
| Production | Olga Rozenblum | Producer |
| Directing | Éléonore Saintagnan | Director |
| Production | Ann Stouvenel | Producer |
| Crew | Éléonore Saintagnan | Cinematography |
| Crew | Grégoire Motte | Cinematography |
| Editing | Frédéric Dupont | Editor |
