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LONG Métrage | 2009
Moloch Tropical
© Marie Baronnet / Velvet film
Pays concerné : Haïti
Support : DVD
Durée : 107 minutes
Genre : politique
Type : fiction
Site web : www.velvet-film.com/molochtropical.html
Français
Jean de Dieu Théogène, président élu "démocratiquement", vit reclus dans son palais-forteresse niché en haut d'une montagne, entouré de sa femme et de ses proches collaborateurs. Alors qu'il se prépare à célébrer en grande pompe les deux cents ans de l'indépendance haïtienne, son pays est en proie à une révolte populaire. À mesure que le pays s'embrase, les dignitaires étrangers se décommandent un à un. Mais le président n'a pas l'intention d'abdiquer et tente de mater la rébellion
Les dernières vingt-quatre heures d'un homme au pouvoir, avant sa chute.
Dans le huis clos d'un palais-forteresse niché au sommet d'une montagne, le "président" élu démocratiquement entouré de ses proches collaborateurs, se prépare pour une soirée de gala commémoratif, où seront présents dignitaires et chefs d'états étrangers. Mais ce jour-là dans la ville, des barricades s'élèvent. Et c'est là que les choses vont déraper…
Entre Sokourov, Altman et Tarantino, une fresque shakespearienne, politique et loufoque.
Un film de Raoul PECK
Une coproduction : ARTE France, VelvetFilm
Haïti, France, 2009, couleur, HDCAM
Langues : Créole, français, anglais avec soustitrage en français (version anglaise disponible)
Durée : 1h30mn (TIFF 2009, Toronto) et 1h45 mins (DIFF 2009, Dubai), 1h46 (ARTE TV, sept 2010), 1h47 (DVD, sept 2010).
Durée : 117'
Genre : fiction LM
Thème : dictature, Haïti
Année : 2009
Pays : Haïti
Réalisateur : Raoul PECK
Scénario : Jean-René LEMOINE, Raoul PECK
Dir. de la photographie : Éric GUICHARD
Son : Éric BOISTEAU, François GROULT
Casting : Sylvie BROCHERE
Costumes : Paule MANGENOT
Décors : Jean-Luc LE FLOC'H
Montage : Martine BARRAQUE
Musique : Alexei AGUI
Directeur de production : Philippe GAUTIER
1er assistant réalisateur : Marco CRAVERO
Produit par Raoul PECK – Velvet Film
Chargé de production : Rémi GRELLETY
Direction de la Fiction d'ARTE France : François SAUVAGNARGUES
Avec
Zinedine SOUALEM… Jean de Dieu Théogène, Le Président
Sonia ROLLAND… Michaëlle, femme du Président
Mireille MÉTELLUS… Rachel Corvington, conseillère du Président
Nicole DOGUÉ… Anne Labuche
Jimmy JEAN-LOUIS… Gérald Francis, le journaliste, l'ami
Gessica GENEUS… Odette Vilbrun
Fardia ROC… La fille en bleu
Elli MEDEIROS… Armelle Delormes
Oris ERHUERO… John Barker
Tasha HOMAN… Sharon Temple
Junior MÉTELLUS… Ti Coq
Serge MADIOU… Le porte-parole
Jeanne Hermine OLIVIER… Anaïse, mère du Président
Rosny FÉLIX… Le conseiller
Sheinidine CALIXTE… Ludivine
Marie-Ange SAINT-FLEUR… Mère Teresa
Patrick JOSEPH… Cléribert Myrtil
Max KENOL… Le chef d'orchestre
et un certain nombre d'acteurs haïtiens.
Photos © Marie BARONNET, Velvet Film
Le film est produit par VelvetFilm (Paris/New York/Port-au-Prince), en coproduction avec ARTE France et le Fonds Sud Cinéma du CNC.
Ecrit par Jean-René Lemoine (Face à la mère) et Raoul Peck
Chef opérateur : Eric Guichard ("Sometimes in April", "L'Affaire Villemin", "ENA")
Une coproduction : Velvet Film, ARTE France
Avec la participation
du CNC, du Fonds Sud Cinéma,
du Fonds Francophone à la Production audiovisuelle du Sud (OIF)
et Church Development Service (EED)
Produit par Raoul Peck.
Le film est son sixième long-métrage de fiction après notamment "Lumumba" (Festival de Cannes 2000), et "Sometimes in April" pour la chaîne américaine HBO (Festival de Berlin 2005).
Le film a été diffusé sur la chaîne ARTE (vendredi 10 septembre 2010 à 20h40, pas de rediffusion). Cependant, l'ambition de Velvet Film est d'assurer aux films de Raoul Peck une diffusion cinéma internationale, notamment en Europe, en Amérique du Nord et en Asie.
> Tournage en Haïti du 4 avril au 19 mai 2009
Intégralement tourné en Haïti, en langues française, créole, et anglaise, et pour décor unique le monument le plus impressionnant et emblématique d'Haïti, la Citadelle Laferrière.
Web dossier ARTE : http://www.arte.tv/fr/mouvement-de-cinema/Moloch-Tropical/3245868.html
Blog du film : blogs.arte.tv/moloch-tropical
ARTE
Diffusion : vendredi 10 septembre 2010 à 20h40.
Pas de rediffusion
DVD disponible en NTSC sur le site de la boutique en ligne de VELVET FILM http://shop.velvet-film.com (à partir du 1er Septembre 2010).
Sélections et Prix
– Toronto International Film Festival 2009 : Special Presentation, Première mondiale
– Berlinale 2010 : Première Européenne
– Museum of Modern Art (MoMA, New York) : programme des Meilleurs films de 2009
– Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2010 (Londres et New York)
– Tribeca Film Festival 2010
– Sydney International Film Festival 2010 : compétition internationale
– 20ème Festival du Cinéma Africain, d'Asie et d'Amérique Latine de Milan 2010 (Milan, Italie, 15>21 mars 2010) : Prix Signis 2010 de la World Catholic Association for Communication
Les dernières vingt-quatre heures d'un homme au pouvoir, avant sa chute.
Dans le huis clos d'un palais-forteresse niché au sommet d'une montagne, le "président" élu démocratiquement entouré de ses proches collaborateurs, se prépare pour une soirée de gala commémoratif, où seront présents dignitaires et chefs d'états étrangers. Mais ce jour-là dans la ville, des barricades s'élèvent. Et c'est là que les choses vont déraper…
Entre Sokourov, Altman et Tarantino, une fresque shakespearienne, politique et loufoque.
Un film de Raoul PECK
Une coproduction : ARTE France, VelvetFilm
Haïti, France, 2009, couleur, HDCAM
Langues : Créole, français, anglais avec soustitrage en français (version anglaise disponible)
Durée : 1h30mn (TIFF 2009, Toronto) et 1h45 mins (DIFF 2009, Dubai), 1h46 (ARTE TV, sept 2010), 1h47 (DVD, sept 2010).
Durée : 117'
Genre : fiction LM
Thème : dictature, Haïti
Année : 2009
Pays : Haïti
Réalisateur : Raoul PECK
Scénario : Jean-René LEMOINE, Raoul PECK
Dir. de la photographie : Éric GUICHARD
Son : Éric BOISTEAU, François GROULT
Casting : Sylvie BROCHERE
Costumes : Paule MANGENOT
Décors : Jean-Luc LE FLOC'H
Montage : Martine BARRAQUE
Musique : Alexei AGUI
Directeur de production : Philippe GAUTIER
1er assistant réalisateur : Marco CRAVERO
Produit par Raoul PECK – Velvet Film
Chargé de production : Rémi GRELLETY
Direction de la Fiction d'ARTE France : François SAUVAGNARGUES
Avec
Zinedine SOUALEM… Jean de Dieu Théogène, Le Président
Sonia ROLLAND… Michaëlle, femme du Président
Mireille MÉTELLUS… Rachel Corvington, conseillère du Président
Nicole DOGUÉ… Anne Labuche
Jimmy JEAN-LOUIS… Gérald Francis, le journaliste, l'ami
Gessica GENEUS… Odette Vilbrun
Fardia ROC… La fille en bleu
Elli MEDEIROS… Armelle Delormes
Oris ERHUERO… John Barker
Tasha HOMAN… Sharon Temple
Junior MÉTELLUS… Ti Coq
Serge MADIOU… Le porte-parole
Jeanne Hermine OLIVIER… Anaïse, mère du Président
Rosny FÉLIX… Le conseiller
Sheinidine CALIXTE… Ludivine
Marie-Ange SAINT-FLEUR… Mère Teresa
Patrick JOSEPH… Cléribert Myrtil
Max KENOL… Le chef d'orchestre
et un certain nombre d'acteurs haïtiens.
Photos © Marie BARONNET, Velvet Film
Le film est produit par VelvetFilm (Paris/New York/Port-au-Prince), en coproduction avec ARTE France et le Fonds Sud Cinéma du CNC.
Ecrit par Jean-René Lemoine (Face à la mère) et Raoul Peck
Chef opérateur : Eric Guichard ("Sometimes in April", "L'Affaire Villemin", "ENA")
Une coproduction : Velvet Film, ARTE France
Avec la participation
du CNC, du Fonds Sud Cinéma,
du Fonds Francophone à la Production audiovisuelle du Sud (OIF)
et Church Development Service (EED)
Produit par Raoul Peck.
Le film est son sixième long-métrage de fiction après notamment "Lumumba" (Festival de Cannes 2000), et "Sometimes in April" pour la chaîne américaine HBO (Festival de Berlin 2005).
Le film a été diffusé sur la chaîne ARTE (vendredi 10 septembre 2010 à 20h40, pas de rediffusion). Cependant, l'ambition de Velvet Film est d'assurer aux films de Raoul Peck une diffusion cinéma internationale, notamment en Europe, en Amérique du Nord et en Asie.
> Tournage en Haïti du 4 avril au 19 mai 2009
Intégralement tourné en Haïti, en langues française, créole, et anglaise, et pour décor unique le monument le plus impressionnant et emblématique d'Haïti, la Citadelle Laferrière.
Web dossier ARTE : http://www.arte.tv/fr/mouvement-de-cinema/Moloch-Tropical/3245868.html
Blog du film : blogs.arte.tv/moloch-tropical
ARTE
Diffusion : vendredi 10 septembre 2010 à 20h40.
Pas de rediffusion
DVD disponible en NTSC sur le site de la boutique en ligne de VELVET FILM http://shop.velvet-film.com (à partir du 1er Septembre 2010).
Sélections et Prix
– Toronto International Film Festival 2009 : Special Presentation, Première mondiale
– Berlinale 2010 : Première Européenne
– Museum of Modern Art (MoMA, New York) : programme des Meilleurs films de 2009
– Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2010 (Londres et New York)
– Tribeca Film Festival 2010
– Sydney International Film Festival 2010 : compétition internationale
– 20ème Festival du Cinéma Africain, d'Asie et d'Amérique Latine de Milan 2010 (Milan, Italie, 15>21 mars 2010) : Prix Signis 2010 de la World Catholic Association for Communication
English
In a fortress perched on the top of a mountain, a democratically elected « President » and his closest collaborators are getting ready for a state celebration. Foreign chiefs of state and dignitaries of all sorts are expected. But in the morning of the event, he wakes up to find the country inflamed the streets in turmoil. As the day goes on, rebellion worsens. Meanwhile, expected guests are withdrawing from the party one after another…
Despite the situation, the President does not want to face reality and refuses to resign. Overwhelmed, he plunges into a deep mental confusion as the events follow their course.
Contains: Sexual Content (15+)
Réalisateur, scénariste, producteur/Director, screnwriter and Producer : Raoul PECK
France, Haiti/2009/French, English, Creole dialogue with English subtitles/Colour/HDCAM/105 mins
Director’s statement
With this film I wanted to explore the often hidden side of power. No doubt, an occasion for me to revisit my own political experiences in Haiti and elsewhere.
What’s the final day like for a man with unrestrained power, whose supremacy has never been challenged, who is now plunging dizzyingly into a black hole of events he cannot control?
I wanted to explore what happens behind closed doors, during a tragic and unruly « Farewell to Arms », when everything becomes possible and irretrievable at the same time? Redemption as well as demise. During these minute gaps in History, a person reveals crudely his true essence, his fears, and his desires – given that there is no time left for craftiness.
We might even see a little bit of ourselves in these characters. With this film, I also wanted to return to my country. I wanted to re-examine, with a Shakespearian perspective, the tragic and foolish nonsense of the past 60 years of upheaval. A battle for « democracy » which took no prisoner. Nowhere else but in Haiti has reality generated so much confusion and so many contradictions.
We chose to shoot Moloch Tropical in a unique location, the Citadelle Henry, built by King Henry Christophe at the beginning of the 19th Century atop a steep mountain. With a size of approximately 100,000 square feet, it is the largest fortress in the Western Hemisphere. Perhaps, more importantly it is the indestructible symbol of the only nation in human history that was created by victorious slaves. The single and unique time in which the trail of slavery which began in Gorée Island (another symbol) was permanently broken.
But at what cost?
Raoul Peck
Description
an audacious stroke, Raoul Peck claims Alexander Sokurov’s Moloch as his own. Transplanting the Russian director’s unsettling mountain idyll between Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun from Bavaria to the green heat of Haiti, Peck tucks a searing critique of absolute power within the most elegant chamber drama. It’s a masterful move.
As it happens, Haiti has a castle even more impressive than Sokurov’s, high atop a mountain outside Port-au-Prince. Built from massive stone blocks that seem to rise up out of the jungle, it is a remnant of colonial power and debauchery hiding in the mists. Peck uses this setting to increasingly shattering effect.
It is from this height that the President rules. Styling himself an imperial monarch, he rattles paranoid around the enormous castle, as isolated and fragile as one of Shakespeare’s mad kings. Obsessed equally with what the television tells him and the comely shape of his new maid, he enforces rules with an erratic terror common to many despots.
There is without doubt a coiled rage within Moloch Tropical, but it releases its critique with tremendous discipline. The President jails and tortures a dissident journalist, then dresses him up and invites him to his dinner table. He prepares for a visit by international diplomats, insisting that he needs a white face in the picture to give his rule legitimacy. Instead of scattergun satire, Peck introduces with each scene a growing sense of quiet absurdity.
Even without reference to Haiti’s recent history, Moloch Tropical stands as a major work that synthesizes political analysis, symbolic art and a particularly Caribbean approach to tragedy. It may be worth remembering that, in addition to directing landmark works of diasporic African cinema – Lumumba: La Mort du prophète, Sometimes in April – Raoul Peck also once served as Haiti’s minister of culture.
Cameron Bailey (Toronto Film Festival, 2009)
To purchase the NTSC DVD, with English, French and Spanish subtitles of MOLOCH TROPICAL :
VISIT OUR ONLINE SHOP at http://shop.velvet-film.com (will be available Sept 1st)
Upcoming events:
Upcoming film festival screenings of MOLOCH TROPICAL include:
– Trinidad+Tobago Film Festival (September 22nd – October 5th, 2010)
– Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur (Belgium, October 1st – 8th, 2010)
– Oslo Film From the South (Norway, October 7th – 17th, 2010)
– Retrospective of Raoul Peck’s films at the Centre Wallonie Bruxelles in Paris (France, October 11th – 16th, 2010)
Main film festivals selection:
In 2009:
Toronto International Film Festival 2009 – Special Presentation (Canada)
Festival Cinéma et Politique de Tours – Opening Film (France)
International film festival of Kerala (India)
Dubai International Film Festival 2009 – 6th DIFF 2009 | DUBAI, Emirates | Selection [Cinema of the World] | Middle East Premiere
In 2010:
MoMA – The Contenders, Best Films of 2010 (New York, USA)
Berlin International Film Festival 2010 – Berlinale Special (Germany)
CinemAfrica (Stockholm, Sweden)
Forum des Images – Retrospective Raoul Peck (Paris, France)
Miami International Film Festival (USA)
Milano Africano Film Festival (Italy)
Human Rights Watch Film Festival, London – Opening Film (UK)
Diversciné, Ottawa (Canada)
Istanbul International Film Festival (Turkey)
Tribeca International Film Festival 2010 (USA)
Belfast International Film Festival (Northern Ireland)
Saint-Barth’ Film Festival
FIFFBA Bratislava Film Festival (Slovakia)
Washington International Film Festival (USA)
Etonnants Voyageurs, Saint-Malo (France)
Sydney International Film Festival 2010 – International competition (Australia)
CMAC Martinique (France)
Human Rights Watch Film Festival, New York (USA)
African Diaspora Film festival, New York and Chicago (USA)
Durban International Film Festival (South Africa)
Festival du Film Insulaire, Ile de Groix (France)
Festival du Film Francophone d’Angoulême – Official competition (France, August 25th – 28th, 2010)
Bozal, Brussels (Belgium)
Prize:
2010 Signis prize of World Catholic Association for Communication (Milano film festival)
___________________
Regia: Raoul Peck
Sceneggiatura: Jean-René Lemoine, Raoul Peck
Fotografia: Eric Guichard
Montaggio: Martine Barraque
Suono: Eric Boisteau, François Groult
Musica: Alexei Agui
Interpreti: Zinedine Soualem, Sonia Rolland, Mireille Metellus, Nicole Dogue, Gessica Geneus
Formato: Video
Durata: 105 min.
Versione originale: francese, creolo, inglese
Produzione: Velvet Film Production, Arte France
Distribuzione
R. Grellety
Velvet Film Production
Despite the situation, the President does not want to face reality and refuses to resign. Overwhelmed, he plunges into a deep mental confusion as the events follow their course.
Contains: Sexual Content (15+)
Réalisateur, scénariste, producteur/Director, screnwriter and Producer : Raoul PECK
France, Haiti/2009/French, English, Creole dialogue with English subtitles/Colour/HDCAM/105 mins
Director’s statement
With this film I wanted to explore the often hidden side of power. No doubt, an occasion for me to revisit my own political experiences in Haiti and elsewhere.
What’s the final day like for a man with unrestrained power, whose supremacy has never been challenged, who is now plunging dizzyingly into a black hole of events he cannot control?
I wanted to explore what happens behind closed doors, during a tragic and unruly « Farewell to Arms », when everything becomes possible and irretrievable at the same time? Redemption as well as demise. During these minute gaps in History, a person reveals crudely his true essence, his fears, and his desires – given that there is no time left for craftiness.
We might even see a little bit of ourselves in these characters. With this film, I also wanted to return to my country. I wanted to re-examine, with a Shakespearian perspective, the tragic and foolish nonsense of the past 60 years of upheaval. A battle for « democracy » which took no prisoner. Nowhere else but in Haiti has reality generated so much confusion and so many contradictions.
We chose to shoot Moloch Tropical in a unique location, the Citadelle Henry, built by King Henry Christophe at the beginning of the 19th Century atop a steep mountain. With a size of approximately 100,000 square feet, it is the largest fortress in the Western Hemisphere. Perhaps, more importantly it is the indestructible symbol of the only nation in human history that was created by victorious slaves. The single and unique time in which the trail of slavery which began in Gorée Island (another symbol) was permanently broken.
But at what cost?
Raoul Peck
Description
an audacious stroke, Raoul Peck claims Alexander Sokurov’s Moloch as his own. Transplanting the Russian director’s unsettling mountain idyll between Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun from Bavaria to the green heat of Haiti, Peck tucks a searing critique of absolute power within the most elegant chamber drama. It’s a masterful move.
As it happens, Haiti has a castle even more impressive than Sokurov’s, high atop a mountain outside Port-au-Prince. Built from massive stone blocks that seem to rise up out of the jungle, it is a remnant of colonial power and debauchery hiding in the mists. Peck uses this setting to increasingly shattering effect.
It is from this height that the President rules. Styling himself an imperial monarch, he rattles paranoid around the enormous castle, as isolated and fragile as one of Shakespeare’s mad kings. Obsessed equally with what the television tells him and the comely shape of his new maid, he enforces rules with an erratic terror common to many despots.
There is without doubt a coiled rage within Moloch Tropical, but it releases its critique with tremendous discipline. The President jails and tortures a dissident journalist, then dresses him up and invites him to his dinner table. He prepares for a visit by international diplomats, insisting that he needs a white face in the picture to give his rule legitimacy. Instead of scattergun satire, Peck introduces with each scene a growing sense of quiet absurdity.
Even without reference to Haiti’s recent history, Moloch Tropical stands as a major work that synthesizes political analysis, symbolic art and a particularly Caribbean approach to tragedy. It may be worth remembering that, in addition to directing landmark works of diasporic African cinema – Lumumba: La Mort du prophète, Sometimes in April – Raoul Peck also once served as Haiti’s minister of culture.
Cameron Bailey (Toronto Film Festival, 2009)
To purchase the NTSC DVD, with English, French and Spanish subtitles of MOLOCH TROPICAL :
VISIT OUR ONLINE SHOP at http://shop.velvet-film.com (will be available Sept 1st)
Upcoming events:
Upcoming film festival screenings of MOLOCH TROPICAL include:
– Trinidad+Tobago Film Festival (September 22nd – October 5th, 2010)
– Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur (Belgium, October 1st – 8th, 2010)
– Oslo Film From the South (Norway, October 7th – 17th, 2010)
– Retrospective of Raoul Peck’s films at the Centre Wallonie Bruxelles in Paris (France, October 11th – 16th, 2010)
Main film festivals selection:
In 2009:
Toronto International Film Festival 2009 – Special Presentation (Canada)
Festival Cinéma et Politique de Tours – Opening Film (France)
International film festival of Kerala (India)
Dubai International Film Festival 2009 – 6th DIFF 2009 | DUBAI, Emirates | Selection [Cinema of the World] | Middle East Premiere
In 2010:
MoMA – The Contenders, Best Films of 2010 (New York, USA)
Berlin International Film Festival 2010 – Berlinale Special (Germany)
CinemAfrica (Stockholm, Sweden)
Forum des Images – Retrospective Raoul Peck (Paris, France)
Miami International Film Festival (USA)
Milano Africano Film Festival (Italy)
Human Rights Watch Film Festival, London – Opening Film (UK)
Diversciné, Ottawa (Canada)
Istanbul International Film Festival (Turkey)
Tribeca International Film Festival 2010 (USA)
Belfast International Film Festival (Northern Ireland)
Saint-Barth’ Film Festival
FIFFBA Bratislava Film Festival (Slovakia)
Washington International Film Festival (USA)
Etonnants Voyageurs, Saint-Malo (France)
Sydney International Film Festival 2010 – International competition (Australia)
CMAC Martinique (France)
Human Rights Watch Film Festival, New York (USA)
African Diaspora Film festival, New York and Chicago (USA)
Durban International Film Festival (South Africa)
Festival du Film Insulaire, Ile de Groix (France)
Festival du Film Francophone d’Angoulême – Official competition (France, August 25th – 28th, 2010)
Bozal, Brussels (Belgium)
Prize:
2010 Signis prize of World Catholic Association for Communication (Milano film festival)
___________________
Regia: Raoul Peck
Sceneggiatura: Jean-René Lemoine, Raoul Peck
Fotografia: Eric Guichard
Montaggio: Martine Barraque
Suono: Eric Boisteau, François Groult
Musica: Alexei Agui
Interpreti: Zinedine Soualem, Sonia Rolland, Mireille Metellus, Nicole Dogue, Gessica Geneus
Formato: Video
Durata: 105 min.
Versione originale: francese, creolo, inglese
Produzione: Velvet Film Production, Arte France
Distribuzione
R. Grellety
Velvet Film Production
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