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Stéphane Breton shoots his films alone, taking care of the cinematography, the sound, and everything else himself. This solitary arrangement is of particular significance: it allows the filmmaker to record his impressions, his memories and his thoughts, but most of all to take in, as quietly as possible, the intimacy of things and people, and to be fully there with them despite pointing in their face a camera that is as alien as a bowler hat. |
Stéphane Breton strives to make his presence felt in his films and to transform his own experience into the film itself, guided by his belief that the onlooker is part of the scene: even though he is not seen in the picture, he is seen by those he films. Stéphane Breton’s documentary films are produced by Serge Lalou at Les Films d’Ici, and edited with Catherine Rascon. Most of them have been co-produced and broadcast by Arte. |
2015 Dear Flesh (Chère humaine)
experimental film shot in Paris, to be broadcast by Arte
– work in progress
2014 Dark Forests (Les forêts sombres)
documentary film shot in Russia, to be broadcast by France 5
– work in progress
2014 A Few Days Together (Quelques jours ensemble)
documentary film shot in Russia, to be broadcast by Arte
2014 The Departed
experimental film shot in Russia
2009 Ascent to the Sky (La montée au ciel)
documentary film shot in Nepal, broadcast by Arte
2008 The Empty House (La maison vide)
documentary film shot in New Mexico, broadcast by Arte
2007 Night Rising on Clouds (Nuages apportant la nuit)
experimental film shot in New Guinea, broadcast by Voyages
2007 The Outside World (Le monde extérieur)
documentary film shot in Paris, broadcast by Arte
2006 A Silent Summer (Un été silencieux)
documentary film shot in Kyrgyzstan, broadcast by Arte
2003 Heaven in a Garden (Le ciel dans un jardin)
documentary film shot in New Guinea, broadcast by Arte
2001 Them and Me (Eux et moi)
documentary film shot in New Guinea, broadcast by Arte
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