Marine Place gets stuck into Souffler plus fort que la mer
- Corinne Masiero, Aurélien Recoing and Olivia Ross star in the director’s debut fiction feature, produced by Sensito Films
A renowned director of short films (Rebonds, Le sommeil du Funambule, Traverser) and socially orientated documentaries (Les choix de Valentin, Les z'entonnoirs, Tout à reconstruire), Marine Place has been in Brittany shooting her debut fiction feature, Souffler plus fort que la mer [+see also:
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Written by the director herself, the story revolves around Julie, a woman in her early twenties who lives on a small island, and always has done. She helps her father on the family fishing boat, The Untameable. However, her father, Loïc, is drowning in debt and decides to get rid of the boat in exchange for a scrappage premium. This decision has a profound impact on the lives of each of the family members. Julie takes refuge in music: her saxophone sweeps her along on a journey to the farthest reaches of herself, to the very edge of madness...
Produced by Stéphanie Douet for Sensito Films (which has Crawl [+see also:
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(Translated from French)
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