Private Project

Tricolarum

The project turns into an unusual essay film, a documentary with the air of a feature film. Mostly shot in black and white, Elodie Lachaud tells of her elaborate research, day and night, in the taxi of the city. And so, this experiment turned film doesn't show her search for the perfect Paris pictures, it also focuses on the staging of this search. We watch a work of art turn into its true form and, at times, we feel like we become part of the staging as well.

A taxi road trip in Paris
Once upon a time , it's summer and it's warm.
We follow the wanderings of a woman 40 years old, photographer.
The taxi spaces out of freedom opened on the intimate...

  • Elodie Lachaud
    Director
  • Elodie Lachaud
    Writer
  • Scotto productions
    Producer
  • Alphas taxi drivers, Miss Tic, Guesch Patti, Robert Benguigui, Fréderic Gianessi, Carla-rose Napoli, Davide Napoli
    Key Cast
  • Elodie Lachaud
    Technique cast
    Images /sound
  • Titra films
    Sub titles
  • Editing
    Post prod cast
    Monique Dartonne
  • Script doctor
    Post prod cast
    Magali Negroni
  • sound editing
    Post prod cast
    Francis Wargnier
  • Music
    Post prod cast
    Didier Golmanas
  • soundmix
    Post prod cast
    Olivier Goinard
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Feature
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 21 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    March 1, 2014
  • Production Budget:
    100,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    France
  • Country of Filming:
    France
  • Language:
    French
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital, Canon 5D
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • IFFMH, International film festival in Mannheim-Heidelberg
    Mannheim and Heidelberg, Germany
    November 6, 2014
    european premiere
    Official international competition
  • S.C.A.M
    Paris
    France
    December 14, 2013
  • Art Ciné Agadir
    Agadir
    Morocco
    December 20, 2018
Director Biography - Elodie Lachaud

BORN IN SAINT CLOUD, FRANCE, SHE GRADUATED FROM THE BEAUX ARTS DE PARIS AND HOLDS A MASTER’S DEGREE FROM CHELSEA SCHOOL OF ART IN LONDON. PAINTER, PHOTOGRAPHER, MULTIMEDIA ARTIST, SHE EXPLORES THE PRIVATE AND PERSONAL WITHIN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT. FOR MANY YEARS SHE FOCUSED HER RESEARCH ABOUT TAXIS DRIVERS. HER PHOTOGRAPHIC WORK HAS BEEN EXHIBITED IN FRANCE AND ABROAD. TRICOLARUM IS HER FIRST FEATURE LENGTH FILM.

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