3 First Fractions

Guillaume Mazloum / France / 2014 / International Premiere / 18 min.

synopsis

These “first three fractions” of a planned seven-part series can be seen as a self-portrait, documentary and essay in one. Each piece of this black-and-white short film is introduced by a declarative exclamation: the first is about absurd death, the second about our time on earth, and the third about the strange arrogance contained in the freedom of a child’s crying.

DETAIL:
Thunder sounds amidst the rushing of the rain. Thin insect legs flutter along wet glass. Tirelessly. Seemingly tirelessly… In another landscape in some village somewhere, a dog barks. A foggy mist rises over the river, and a train sets into motion... The final fragment is of man.

biography

Guillaume Mazloum is a French director and screenwriter. His filmography includes Seule (2005), Fake (2009), Filmer la musique (2009), Peine perdue (2010), Black Babe (2010), Sorcières mes soeurs de Camille Ducellier (2010), Birds on Air de Colin Ledoux (2011), Undiable sur le tympan (2012), Moter (2012), and Aurore (2013).