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Faire la parole (2017)
Directed by Eugène Green
Documentary · 1h 56m
Opening with the testimony of a politically exiled Basque author reminiscing on a childhood where he was forced to “hide his language as something ugly”, Faire la parole then keeps apace with some young people from the French and Spanish Basque Country: Nora, who saw the newspaper where she worked closed by the Guardia Civil in 2003, then Aitor, Ana and Ortzi. The last three, still teenagers, lend a summery and easy-going tone to the film, which is magnificently framed by Eugène Green’s long-time cameraman, Raphael O’Byrne. The dialogue that settles in between the younger members and those in their thirties has a rare quality, as if the difference of language – which each has had to impose on their family or on their national entourage – had almost tacitly created a secret community. Starting with the political stakes (regional languages versus centralism), the story hikes over the mountains with these new friends brought together by the filmmaker.
Cast
Eugène Green
Crew
- Director
- Eugène Green
Details
- Release date
- 2017-11-15
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EU
- Spoken languages
- French, Basque
- Countries
- France
- Production
- Les Films de l'Air