"A Feel Good Film" "A drama dealing with charm and serenity." "Touching, authentic, peaceful." |
Synopsis ORIGINAL SCRIPT BY YANNIK RUAULT On a ranch-style farm in south west of France, Jane Cavalieri, 14, lives protected by the love of her father Ludovic and his grandfather Papifou. The sudden death of her father, in a terrorist attack, plunges Jane into a waking dream.
Immateriality of digital world joins immateriality of human souls That's what says Ludovic Cavalieri to his daughter. For this reason, after the death of her father, Jane imagines to talking to him with her digital tablet. This film is about the impressiveness of the dream and the spiritual in the life, particular in ordeals. Nature takes care of us when we experience difficult events Nature is a central and spiritual dimension of this environmental film. After the death of her father, Jane (and her grand-father) finds this lush nature like a peaceful friend.
| ___ " Abrahadabra is a gentle and delicate film, contemplative in structure, but concrete in its details. By holding eventfulness at bay, this film achieves an inner calm and mindfulness unusual for the cinema, and by using an innovative combination of camera and tablet photography, it achieves a novel and rewarding relationship with its central characters." Dr. James Zborowski Hull University Film Dpt. ENGLAND ___ "Like a beautiful fable, ABRAHADABRA is positively imposing us to leave our usual cinematographic comfort zone to enjoy fully his false indolence. If the viewer agrees to take a fresh look, he will leave the viewing experience more mesmerised than he could have originally imagined.” Philippe Saidj Writer SPAIN ___ "With his first feature film, Yannik Ruault is putting the onus on the spectator to enjoy constructing its meaning or meanings. Is it magic realism? The soundtrack and music is, again, worthy of note, indeed immaculate, as is the photography. Remember the actress Noémie Glairacq." Dr. Geoff Hare Linguist SCOTLAND ___ Michelangelo, the legend of the prima fotografia
According to the legend, the smile of Michelangelo's Lover would be conserved on a photography in a secret box by the Cavalieri family. digital tablet shooting ORGANIC MOTION TECHNIQUE With shot by tablet, the viewer is in the point of view of the characters. |
Pau Pyrenees FRANCE The countryside landscape is located in Pau Pyrenees area, in south-west of France. |
Soues FRANCE A pittoresque village in Hautes- pyrénées with a small church, a Michelangelo's Pieta and the charming "Restaurant du Lac". |
Haras Tchaata FRANCE Including Arabian horses, their pure beauty adds a magical dimension. |
Aberdeen SCOTLAND The Granite City is characterised by cemeteries mixed with shopping centers.
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