Solange is a well-behaved 13-year-old child who grew up with a protective older brother, a theater-loving mother and a music-loving father. These four form a loving and balanced family. But, just as a dead star emits a light that reaches us long after its disappearance, the affection that the parents have for each other is no more than the shadow of their union. When this beautiful edifice cracks and the parental couple tears itself apart, an abyss opens up under the young girl’s feet at such a special moment: this passage between childhood and adolescence.
A delicate film on this intimate explosion has just been released in theaters this week in France. Little Solange, that’s its title, received the prestigious Jean Vigo prize last fall (2021). Director Axelle Ropert comes to talk to us about her fourth feature film, and comments on the first fifteen minutes, the first reel.
On the bill of our cinema this week also, our correspondent in India Sébastien Farcis talks about the censorship in India of a film project on homosexuality in the army, and the permanent special envoy of RFI in China, Stéphane Lagarde, details the censorship of the end of the film ” Fight Club,” by David Fincher.
Musical breaks: Kaz Hawkins Because you love me and The Divine Comedy The Best Mistakes.