LÉbranlement

The principle of the film lÉbranlement is twofold based on the visual approximation of two distant terms fencing and fireworks and on a principle of expenditure the possible engendering of one by the other Images of fireworks are edited in echo to shots of a fencing duel situated in a perforated architecture with arcades the Vieille Charité in Marseille which multiplies the incessant passages from shadow to light At the moment of the clash the point of the foil touching the opponents body the fireworks unfold as if the contact was established an explosion an epidemic mode of contamination by successive stings point by point The touch of the foil answers the blaze of the sky As soon as the sky darkens after the last spikes of light are extinguished the fencing duel can be resumed like a carillon or an automatic game The attack is a flash of lightning that sets the collar on fire