Faute de soleil
Christophe Blanc
A blind man meets a striptease artist : this could be the answer to a bad joke such as "what's the epitome of impossible love ?". However, "Faute de soleil" is not a bad joke and it openly faces up to this story between Jean, the man with no sight, and Lucie, the woman who is there as a sight for others. The love which unites these two people cannot survive with the inevitable passages of a romantic comedy. Here, love posseses the cruelty of authentic feelings, it bears the wounds of a hard life. Those who jump into the void are not accountable to those who watch them fall. Jean and Lucie are alone as they cope with a life which grinds them down. Alone, their only guide something which, despite everything, appears to be the happiness of being together. With a violence which is rare in French cinema, Christophe Blanc shakes up genres, actors and spectators alike. No-one cannot come out of this sensitive and honest film untouched.
With : Jean-Jacques Benhamou, Sarah Haxaire, Christian Balthauss, Françoise Descarrega
Screenplay : Christophe Blanc
Image : Pascal Poucet
Sound : Olivier Mauvezin, Stéphane Thiebaut
Music : Alan Vega, J. Thunders
Editing : Mariette Gutherz
Screenplay : Christophe Blanc
Image : Pascal Poucet
Sound : Olivier Mauvezin, Stéphane Thiebaut
Music : Alan Vega, J. Thunders
Editing : Mariette Gutherz
Production : Sunday Morning Productions, 25 rue Michel Le Comte, 75003 Paris, TEL : (33-1) 42 74 54 37, FAX : (33-1) 42 74 41 00
Christophe Blanc was born on 1 August 1966. After starting as a press and art photographer, he became head cameraman on various video productions and in other sectors of the audio-visual industry. He co-directed "Fugue" and directed "Arborescence", at the University of Provence at Marseille. In 1992, he made "Violente", a short which was selected, and won awards, at several festivals. "Faute de soleil" is his first feature. Christophe Blanc is currently working on a second feature.