L'ENKAS
Sarah Marx
Fresh out of jail, Ulysse has only one idea in mind: making money. Confronted by his depressed mother, Gabrielle, the bills that never stop piling up and his desire to live his life to the full, he makes a plan. With his best friend, David, he travels from rave to rave, selling a mixture of water and Ketamine from their food truck. Together, they hit the road...
With : Sandor Funtek, Sandrine Bonnaire, Virginie Acariès, Alexis Manenti, Lauréna Thellier
Screenplay : Sarah Marx, Ekoué Labitey, Hamé Bourokba
Image : Yoan Cart
Sound : Jean-Christophe Lion
Editing : Karine Prido
Music : Laurent Sauvagnac, Lucien Papalu
Screenplay : Sarah Marx, Ekoué Labitey, Hamé Bourokba
Image : Yoan Cart
Sound : Jean-Christophe Lion
Editing : Karine Prido
Music : Laurent Sauvagnac, Lucien Papalu
Production : La Rumeur Filme, Les films du Cercle, Orange Studio
International sales: Versatile
International sales: Versatile
After studying history and geopolitics at the Université de Paris VIII, during which she became friends with Ekoué Labitey, Sarah Marx moved towards GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) studies. She had internships in press agencies and made pop-culture videos. Her questioning of the inequality of opportunity, confinement and the failure of reintegration led her to the prison of Nanterre, where she made a documentary. During one year, she followed the drama workshop of a group of eight inmates. This work enabled her to break free of the bounds of the form to examine more in depth the substance. This experience and this commitment gave rise to L'ENKAS.
“Two years ago I made a film which took place in the prison in Nanterre. That was when I decided to make a film about someone just coming out of prison and on their difficulties in reintegrating into society. […] It is important for me to make films which talk about young people who are not often represented in French cinema. It is a contemporary odyssey […] If you look at the way the film is made, it is similar to hip-hop, through its flow, the energy of the characters on screen and the fact that the film's producers are a hip-hop group called La Rumeur. […] When you do hip-hop you need flow and a mike; when you make a film, the actors need flow and a camera”. (Sarah Marx)
“Two years ago I made a film which took place in the prison in Nanterre. That was when I decided to make a film about someone just coming out of prison and on their difficulties in reintegrating into society. […] It is important for me to make films which talk about young people who are not often represented in French cinema. It is a contemporary odyssey […] If you look at the way the film is made, it is similar to hip-hop, through its flow, the energy of the characters on screen and the fact that the film's producers are a hip-hop group called La Rumeur. […] When you do hip-hop you need flow and a mike; when you make a film, the actors need flow and a camera”. (Sarah Marx)