The land of utility
A film by Sophie Bruneau and Marc-Antoine Roudil
A territory : the Auvergne
A thread that runs from Vercingetorix to the advent of globalisation.
A character who is a former communist named Pierre Juquin.
Some meetings with people who think and act.
Some situations that evoke the Republic, religion, capitalism and the war
A portrait in the form of a mosaic that resembles a view on the current situation.
2009 / 112' / HD Cam / 16/9 / Color / Stereo / Broadcast license 120.780
Photography : Antoine Marie Meert
Sound : Damien Turpin
Editing : Philippe Boucq
Sound editing : Delphine Duquesne
Mixing : Philippe Baudhuin
Executive producers Belgium : Sophie Bruneau and Marc-Antoine Roudil
Executive producer France : Pascal Verroust
An Alter Ego films and ADR production in coproduction with Clermont 1ère. With the support of Région Auvergne and the Centre National de la Cinématographie, the Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel du Ministère de la Communauté française de Belgique and the Walloon Cable distributors, Procirep and ANGOA.
First shown in France / Auvergne : Monday 23rd of November 2009, At the Maison de la culture de Clermont Ferrand - salle Jean Cocteau
Distributor and sales in Belgium: Alter ego films
Distributor in France : ADR Distributions
DVD : Blaq Out edition and ADR Productions
Selected in the following festivals :
- Traces de vie, Clermont-Ferrand, France 2009 (opening film festival)
- International Documentary Film Festival - Cinéma du réel, Paris, France 2010
- Gindou Film Festival 2010
