Archive of films Day Has Conquered the Night / Le jour a vaincu la nuit

France
2013, 28 min

Section: Documentary Films - Competition
Year: 2013

Award-winning French director Jean-Gabriel Périot, a specialist in highly original short documentaries, puts questions to eight unwilling inhabitants of an Orléans prison who appear in front of the camera to speak of their dreams and nightmares, allowing us to delve deep into minds altered by a life behind bars.

Synopsis

Award-winning French director Jean-Gabriel Périot, a specialist in highly original short documentaries, puts questions to eight unwilling inmates of an Orléans prison. They appear on camera in precisely placed frontal shots and confide their wildest dreams and most oppressive nightmares, allowing us to delve deep into minds altered by a life behind bars. The well-planned shots have their own rhythm and the music faithfully corresponds to the mood of the individual dreams, whose seeming absurdity aptly reflects the grueling mundanity of prison life.

About the director

Jean-Gabriel Périot (b. 1974, Tours, France) is the creator behind numerous short films in which he developed his own unique editing style working with archive materials. His films combine documentary techniques with animation and experimental forms. Films such as Dies Irae (2005), Even If She Had Been a Criminal… (2006), and Nijuman no borei (2007) appeared at foreign festivals. Last year, Our Days, Absolutely, Have to Be Enlightened competed at KVIFF.

Contacts

Alter Ego production
48, rue de Bourgogne, 450 00, Orleans
France
Tel: +33 238 807 944
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.alterego-prod.com

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About the film

Color, DCP

Section:	Documentary Films - Competition

Director:	Jean-Gabriel Périot
Dir. of Photography:	Denis Gravouil
Music:	Xavier Thibault, Gérald Kurdian
Editor:	Jean-Gabriel Périot
Producer:	Cécile Lestrade
Production:	Alter Ego production
Contact:	Alter Ego production

Guests

Jean-Gabriel Périot

Film Director

Xavier Thibault

Film Crew