Mathilde Monnier

Strange comings and goings in a boarding house kept by two old Buddhist Asian women: the recalcitrant cook chats up the idle chamber maid by going to fetch crabs in the attic; a hunted man, after sensual exchanges with a bare chested boy, ends up upstairs and dies; a motionless female client unsettles, by her silence, the habits of the household who dance before her…

Au cœur de l'été, Caroline, parisienne et mère de famille d'une quarantaine d'années, débarque dans un petit village du sud de la France. Elle doit organiser dans l'urgence les funérailles de sa mère, avocate volage, qu'elle ne voyait plus guère. Elle est accueillie par Pattie qui aime raconter à qui veut bien l'écouter ses aventures amoureuses avec les hommes du coin. Alors que toute la vallée se prépare pour les fameux bals du 15 août, le corps de la défunte disparaît mystérieusement.

Rencontre entre Claire Denis et de la chorégraphe Mathilde Monnier, au plus près des corps, du mouvement et des gestes.

Strange comings and goings in a boarding house kept by two old Buddhist Asian women: the recalcitrant cook chats up the idle chamber maid by going to fetch crabs in the attic; a hunted man, after sensual exchanges with a bare chested boy, ends up upstairs and dies; a motionless female client unsettles, by her silence, the habits of the household who dance before her…

An unprecedented way to watch contemporary dance through animated drawings. Choreographer Mathilde Monnier and cartoonist François Olislaeger co-sign this film and are also its main characters. They highlight the links between walking and dancing, real life and the stage.

An unprecedented way to watch contemporary dance through animated drawings. Choreographer Mathilde Monnier and cartoonist François Olislaeger co-sign this film and are also its main characters. They highlight the links between walking and dancing, real life and the stage.