video still, Should we never meet again, Tourcoing, 2005.
Should we never meet again
video installation, DVD from HD
duration 26 minutes
A young man crosses Paris, calling on his mobile and talking to himself. He has problems and is looking for shelter for the night. In his mind, he runs through his whole circle of friends, but he doesn't dare approach any of them. He would like to blame everyone and everything for this uncomfortable and narrow life where all good opportunities seem to have been squandered. From time to time, he stops and is then pulled into another dimension - a dimension where no boundaries and formalities exist and where, very briefly, he makes contact with total strangers. The very simple and functional design of this 'fourth dimension' makes its existence plausible. Everyone could flee to it from time to time.
The film is shot in the busy neighbourhoods of Barbès, Château Rouge and Gouttes d'Or, in Paris and against the blue screen in Le Fresnoy.
With Mireille Abadi, Manon Querelle, Feyçal Bagriche, Gerard Abela and Gregg Smith.
