Folie Muette, Folie Aspirée
Short Movie
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Shot in Ariana, Tunisia - Autumn 2018
DIRECTOR // Aymen Laouini
PRODUCTION // CinéRadio INSAT
ACTORS // Houssem Chabbouh & Dhia Rzig
PHOTOGRAPHY // Aymen Laouini
VIDEO EDITING // Rafaa Seddik
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This short film presents a social gap and a contrast between a huge business district located just next to a bridge under which a homeless man resides. It all starts when a local employee is forced to face a discussion with the homeless.
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The homeless, a former chess champion, starts the game. A psychological discussion about success in life, took place and shows that the real game is only the discussion itself. Nejib, the weird homeless, who created a whole universe by knowing from the start that he will win the debate, alternated between jokes and a deep sad mysterious way. Seeing the world from a homeless perspective made the employee more and more uncomfortable until he collapsed with the pieces of the game reaching the peak.
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The originality and the success of the interpretation lays in the creation of the complex character of the homeless. Starting with its external look by recreating the same life style and conditions as close as possible, taking attention to every little detail, and gradually entering his world, his psychological side and background story. The actor's performance were played in a place occupied by homeless people in real life.
