L'Indigotier ou la descente des jumelles
Julie Daems
Clara and Opaline, twins who have grown up in the enchanted tropical forest, go into the town to look for their mother, Queen Fanta, who has disappeared.
L'Indigotier is a docufiction tinged with magic realism exploring a two-year workshop designed to revive an essential element of West African folklore. In collaboration with the African diaspora of Matongé, a dynamic neighbourhood in Brussels, the legendary tale of the true indigo tree and the twin sisters is brought into the present day. Using the collective nature of cinema, the reconstitution integrates the personal feelings, memories, and lives of the (non-professional) actresses. The past, the present, reality, fiction, magic, and the ordinary blend together in this dreamlike, indigo blue tapestry.
L'Indigotier is a docufiction tinged with magic realism exploring a two-year workshop designed to revive an essential element of West African folklore. In collaboration with the African diaspora of Matongé, a dynamic neighbourhood in Brussels, the legendary tale of the true indigo tree and the twin sisters is brought into the present day. Using the collective nature of cinema, the reconstitution integrates the personal feelings, memories, and lives of the (non-professional) actresses. The past, the present, reality, fiction, magic, and the ordinary blend together in this dreamlike, indigo blue tapestry.
With : Doris Mybalés, Nathalie Mybalés, Otis Traoré, Oumar Diolo, Berthe Ouedrauogo, Brigitte Ngamboko, Betty Manzuzi, Lucien Sumba, Jeanne Mbiye
Screenplay, montage : Julie Daems
Image : Zaur Kourazov
Sound : Thomas Becka
Music : Désiré Somé, Otis Traoré et Oumar Diolo
Screenplay, montage : Julie Daems
Image : Zaur Kourazov
Sound : Thomas Becka
Music : Désiré Somé, Otis Traoré et Oumar Diolo
Production : Julie Daems
International sales: Julie Daems
International sales: Julie Daems
Julie Daems, born in Brussels in 1993, graduated in Art History from UGent in 2015.She then went on to study film at KASK where she earned a bachelor's in film. While there she made L'étrange Guérison de Luna in 2018. L'indigotier, ou la descente des jumelles is her graduation film.