The Life and Death of Oscar Pérez

Romain Champalaune / France / 2018 / International Premiere / 45 min.

synopsis

Óscar Alberto Pérez (1981-2018) was a Venezuelan policeman who, after Nicolás Maduro had been sworn in as president, became an active opponent of his regime. In June 2017, he attacked the Supreme Court of Justice from a helicopter. In January 2018, the Venezuelan national guard tracked him down, and although he gave up to them, shot him dead along with five other rebels. The film is his traditional portrait sketched out as a pattern edited documentary with Pérez himself having taken part in its making. Actually, all audiovisual material that the editor Romain Champalaune composed the film of comes from Pérez’s profiles on social networks.

“Oscar Perez's story tells about the desperation in today's Venezuela but also questions our era. It reflects on our incapacity to change things in a complex world where social medias predominate.” R. Champalaune

biography

Romain Champalaune studied Louis Lumière Art Academy before becoming a reporter. Working as a photojournalist brought him to film. His directorial debut was the short film Samsung Galaxy (2015) screened at several world film festivals. The Life and Death of Oscar Pérez is his first medium length film.