LA CHUTE DES ANGES

There are works that endure through the years and retain their timeless power. La Chute des Anges is definitely one of them. Created nearly ten years ago, this visual fable by Raphaëlle Boitel never ceases to fascinate young and old alike with its dreamlike and bewitching universe. What would become of our world if even angels could no longer fly? By imagining this troubling future, the director illuminates our present. In an inhabited half-light, an almost unreal light emerges and reveals suspended bodies, engaged in aerial writing of great intensity.

Off-balance figures, silhouettes in search of elevation, hairy coats hanging from flies, angels fallen from the sky: each wavers, between falling and yearning. The tone, subtly tragicomic, is part of a singular cinematographic aesthetic. Between shadow and poetry, fragile humanity attempts to extract itself from a constrained world. Circus, dance, and theatre intertwine with remarkable mastery.