Histoire d'un secret
History of a Secret
Histore d‘un secret, a film telling the story of the mysterious disappearance
of the director‘s mother, is constructed at the borderline of fiction and documentary: following a definite script, in which
the starting point of every scene was written, the film then developed according to the spontaneous unfolding of events, punctuated
by the revelations made by each protagonist. The film-maker has edited the film so that it is pervaded by the lost mother‘s
presence and creates a powerful emotional resonance that makes us feel her absence and the impact of what is left unsaid.
European Panorama 2004
Mariana Otero
France 2003
color
101
minutes
OV with English subtitles
Screenplay
Mariana Otero
Cinematography
Hélène Louvart
Editing Nelly
Quettier
Music Michael Galasso
With Mariana Otero, Isabel Otero, Antonio Otero, Joëlle Brunerie Kauffmann, Léon
Faure, Mercedes Ruiz, France Villeneuve, Douchka Pascar-Fiocre, Françoise Bros
Production
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