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O SERAPIS

O SERAPIS is a story merging, on the one hand, the biblical text of Exodus and, on the other hand, the myth of Apis in the ancient Egypt.

While Moïse climbs Mount Sinaï, the Hebrew people, following him out of Egypt, melt all of their jewelry to forge an idole : a Golden Calf, directly inspired by the Bull-God Apis - incarnation of the primordial entity Ptah and symbol of fertility.

In this new version of the biblical story, a game of analogies takes place between the characters Moïse, Apis, Yahvé, Ptah, the Hebrew and the Egyptian people. O SERAPIS renews philosophical, theological, moral and political problematics, by playing with themes such as worshipping, personality cult and relationship to sacred in traditional or contemporary societies.

These open questions, using multiples visual codes, are staged in a short silent movie, its modern sounds and colors directly referring to the contemporary videoclip production.

  • Emmanuel MICHAUD
    Director
    MELANCHOLIA MY MOTHER
  • Emmanuel MICHAUD
    Writer
    MELANCHOLIA MY MOTHER
  • Emmanuel MICHAUD
    Producer
    MELANCHOLIA MY MOTHER
  • Emmanuel MICHAUD
    Key Cast
    "Apis"
    MELANCHOLIA MY MOTHER
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    O SERAPIS
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Fantasy
  • Runtime:
    8 minutes 42 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 1, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    300 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    France
  • Country of Filming:
    France
  • Language:
    French
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital Full HD
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2:35
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Emmanuel MICHAUD

Emmanuel MICHAUD, born January 1997, is a young transdisciplinary artist. His work involves diverse mediums, including video, music, costume design and realization, scenography, but also drawing, painting, performance, sound art or writing.

He obtains in 2017 a DNA (Art Bachelor) at the HEAR (Haute Ecole des Arts du Rhin, Mulhouse, France). He is currently following the Transdisziplinarität Master Programm at the ZHdK (University of the Arts, Zürich, Switzerland).

He imagined and produced the webserie/full-length videoclip MELANCHOLIA MY MOTHER (2017).

He was also the scenographer and performer of WAITING FOR AMON, a trilogy of performances produced in Zürich (more informations about this project : http://valentinemichaud.com/language/en/).

One of his painting works is permanently exhibited on the walls of the UGC cinema in Strasbourg (France). He also took part in several collective exhibitions :

03.2016 : NEO - Grotte Dagobert (Munster, FR)
05.2016 : YEAH, I'M A CURATOR - Motoco (Mulhouse, FR)
01.2017 : EXHIBITION - Kunsthalle (Mulhouse, FR)
03.2017 : CROSSFADE - Espace Gantner (Mulhouse, FR)
01.2018 : FOLLOWERS - Kunsthalle (Mulhouse, FR)

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