Géographie humaine
Human Geography
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's Biography
Claire Simon, born 1955 in London, Great Britain, grew up
in the south of France. She taught herself filmmaking, gaining experience by working as an editor and directing short films
in an entirely independent way. She specialized in direct cinema, made several documentaries, and in 1997 made her first feature
film SINON, OUI. GARE DU NORD was screened at the 66th Locarno Film Festival in 2013. // Films (selected): ÇA BRÛLE (2006),
LES BUREAUX DE DIEU (God's Offices, 2008); GARE DU NORD (2013), GÉOGRAPHIE HUMAINE (Human Geography, 2013, doc; CE '14)
CROSSING EUROPE AWARDS
2014: FEDEORA AWARDS for European Documentaries
European Panorama Documentary 2014
Claire Simon
France 2013
color
105
minutes
OV with English subtitles
Screenplay
Claire Simon
Cinematography
Claire Simon
Editing Luc
Forveille, Catherine Rascon
Sound/Sounddesign Sylvain
Copans, Thomas Gastinel, Olivier Hespel
Music Miles
Davis
With Simon Mérabet
Production
Les Films d’Ici 62 boulevard Davout 75020 Paris France T
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