Documentary Films - Competition 2003 / August & Marie / Belgium 2002
Long ago, 86-year-old Auguste got together with 88-year-old Marie; today she suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. This black-and-white film presents a subtle and sensitive portrayal of a silent love between two aging people as manifested in tender gestures bound to a life.
Long ago, 86-year-old Auguste got together with 88-year-old Marie; today she suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. This black-and-white film presents a subtle and sensitive portrayal of a silent love between two aging people as manifested in tender gesturesbouns to a life experienced in the motionless, timeless Belgian countryside.
20 min / Black & white, 35 mm
International premiere
Director Gabriel Vanderpas
/ Screenplay Gabriel Vanderpas
/ Dir. of Photography Frédéric Noirhomme, Colette Lacaze
/ Music Hervé Guerrisi
/ Editor Sébastien Andres
/ Producer Godefroid Courtemans
/ Production INRACI
/ Contact La Big Family, INRACI
Gabriel Vanderpas (b. 1981) studied at the Institut National de Radioélectricité et Cinématographie in Brussels (2000-03). He has tried his hand at several film professions, among them stills photographer (Through the Walls of the Heart -see Karlovy Vary IFF 2002), assistant director and cameraman. Selected filmography: Le trou (2001), August & Marie (2002), St-Nicolas ne viendra pas (2003), Turron de Chapapote (2003). The film was shot and the script was written in cooperation with six students of the Brussel= s Film School INRACI.
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Gabriel Vanderpas
Frédéric Noirhomme
Ludovic Van Pachterbeke
Amelie Pierre
Colette Lacaze
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