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First collaboration and beautiful meeting with the talented director Jean-François Ravagnan. A real pleasure to work on this movie which fully reflects the sensitivity of its director. The film unfolds its narrative whose structure is based on two main elements, a multi-layered reading of the world and a non-synchronization of picture and sound.

Synopsis

In January 2017, a video of a young Gambian drowning in the waters of Venice’s Grand Canal went viral on social networks. From the shore, passers-by insulted him without helping him. Filmed with a mobile phone, the body, petrified by the cold, appears to be sinking despite the lifebuoys thrown in its direction. He was 22 and his name was Pateh Sabally. 2500 miles away, the voices and faces of his family tell the story that preceded this tragedy, the story behind the images…

Technical specs

Documentary – Feature Film – 70 minutes – Belgium
Production : Dérives

Director : Jean-François Ravagnan
DOP : Thomas Schira
Location recordist : Edith Herregods, Jean-François Ravagnan
Editor : Marc Recchia
Sound editor : Arnaud Soulier
Re-recording mixer : Rémi Gérard
Colorist : Paul Millot
Music composer : Jean Kapsa