Les mans buides

Diese Geschichte kann aus mehreren Perspektiven erzählt werden. Da gibt es zum einen Perroquet, einen lästigen Papagei, der das verfrühte Dahinscheiden seiner Besitzerin, Madame Catherine, mitansehen musste. Er hat außerdem gesehen, wie sie vom Mechaniker Eric recht rüde begraben wurde. Zum anderen gibt es dann die Züge, die in dem kleinen Ort halten, und Schaffnerinnen wie Sophie, die durch die Waggons gehen und so einiges zu erzählen hätten. Die Geschichte könnte aber auch von Yann erzählt werden, dem das Café gehört und der jede Menge Drinks serviert. Es ist eine einfache und zugleich völlig chaotische Geschichte.

The story could be told from several points of view. There’s Perroquet, a pesky parrot who witnessed the premature demise of his owner, Madame Catherine, due to her excessive lifestyle. The bird was also around to see Eric, the mechanic, bury her on the sly. Then there are also the trains that stop at the small town, and the nomadic ticket controllers like Sophie who move through their carriages could all spill a few beans. The story could also be told by Yann, the café owner, and the many drinks he serves. It‘s a story that is both simple and totally chaotic. Marc loves you to shoot from the shoulder. Not in the sense that you forcibly follow every action, but in the sense that you observe what is going on. He likes the camera to remain slightly hidden, and so the pace is not excessively bound to the action: the actors‘ pace is not necessarily the same as that of the camera that is observing them. The actors are aware of how close we are to them, and we always stay within their field of vision. We even rehearse with a screen to ensure that this technique does not cause them to lose concentration. (Hélène Louvart, Director of Photography)