Les Derniers Enfants du Causse ( The Last Children )

Film: Les Derniers Enfants du Causse

Short choreographic film "Les derniers Enfants du Causse" (The Last Children in English), a cine-dance film, written and directed by Fu Le, choreographer, director and visual artist winner of the 2018 Beaumarchais-SACD prize for dance writing and multi-prizewinner for these choreographic works and video-dance projects.

  • Project: Short choreographic film / Dance cinema

  • A Co-production: IMAGISTA / Compagnie TETRAPODE / Les Films du Tex-Mex

  • With the support of : Ateliers Médicis / La Région Occitanie, in partnership with CNC / La Spedidam / SACEM

  • Year: 2020

  • Running time: 12 min

  • Distribution: Festivals
  • Filming: Saint Martin Labouval - Lot
  • Direction & choreography: Fu Le
  • Assistant choreographer: Lola Lefevre
  • Director of photography: Alexander Viollet
  • 1st Camera Assistant: Camile Tostivint
  • 2nd camera assistant: Florent Planet
  • Lighting: Florent Meyssonier
  • Stage manager: Eva Genniaux
  • Catering : Sophie Morel
  • Actors : Michel Galaret and students from Saint-Martin-Labouval school
  • Original music: Julien Langlois / Alexander Viollet
  • Post-production: Imagista

 

Les derniers enfants du Causse is an ode to the rural schools of France threatened with closure or merger with other educational establishments. With delicacy and tenderness, this choreographed story, based on a scenario written during a choreography workshop with pupils from Saint-Martin-Labouval in the Lot region, underlines the importance of the 400 elementary school affected by this reform. On the eve of their school's closure, the youngsters perform a moving dance, freely inspired by "Chant des pierres" by Michel Galaret (storyteller and former pupil of this school in the 60s).

Through this metaphorical tale, the film bears witness to the importance of valuing rural roots for future generations. A poetic response to a glaring socio-political problem.

The choreographic film was built around the notion of authenticity (cultural, identity, emotional, natural, ecological), resulting in a film shot like a sequence on the high plateaus of the Lot.

Festivals :

 

Paysans Particuliers / The Farm
I Me Mine - Once