Underplayed Gems

Métamorphose (2003)

Métamorphose poster
Directed by
Jean-Claude Guiguet
Genre
drama
Country
France
Runtime
17 min
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A French short film that watches the changing light across a city's rooftops from dawn to night. The director presents the view from someone who might be beyond life, making a portrait of a place instead of a person.

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What happens

Métamorphose est un film français de court métrage réalisé par Jean-Claude Guiguet, sorti en 2003. La lumière et ses nuances, de l'aube à la nuit, sur les toits d'une ville. « J’ai eu envie de montrer le monde du point de vue de quelqu’un qui était peut-être déjà de l’autre côté de la vie, et donc au lieu de faire mon portrait j’ai fait le portrait d’un lieu qui est le regard, mon regard, sur un espace que je contemple de l’aube à la nuit. Ce qui permettait évidemment de donner une sorte de palette lumineuse, atmosphérique, climatique qui allait du début du jour jusqu’à son extinctionJean-Claude Guiguet, propos recueillis par Joseph Morder, Court circuit, 2004 . » (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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