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The breath of Atem

In his small housing estate, Atem, 17, is preparing for the entrance examination of a prestigious ballet company. But as the date approaches, Atem has to fight against more and more troublesome symptoms: his breath abandons him.

  • Marisa Ingold
    Director
  • Marisa Ingold
    Writer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Le souffle d'Atem
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    15 minutes
  • Production Budget:
    8,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    France
  • Country of Filming:
    France
  • Language:
    French
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1,37
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Semaine Nationale des HLM 2018
    Paris
    France
Director Biography - Marisa Ingold

After a Doctorate in Psychiatry, Marisa Ingold joined the Master II in Cinema at the Sorbonne in Paris I, to deepen her knowledge of screenwriting, initially self-taught.
The beings on the margins of normal society, passionate and whimsical, remain his main inspirations of writing.
"The breath of Atem" is a first cinematographic achievement.

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Director Statement

In this film, I choose dance as an act of social cohesion. Moreover, it is an unprecedented act of creation, constantly moving and not folded back on itself. It is enriched by the cultural and inter-generational mix of beings who live it.
The small housing estate where young Atem lives, allows this meeting with the collective, without which its founding liberation can not take place.
Far from the images conveyed by the usual media, I wish with this film, to bring to light the poetry that animates the inhabitants of cities with stone bellies.