L’Histoire Peut Mourir Sur Un Balcon à Fleurs

Set in a 13th-century aristocratic townhouse, L’Histoire Peut Mourir Sur Un Balcon À Fleurs explores the human traces left on a building when it is no longer in use.

Using found objects and physical performance the work imagines lost inhabitants of the building. Architecture is the protagonist here, where glimpses of humanity are only caught in unusual reflections or a silhouette passing through the frames like ghostly apparitions.

L’Histoire Peut Mourir Sur Un Balcon À Fleurs is a cinematic meditation on the role of architecture in our communities and how it can inform collective memory.

  • Matt Smith
    Director
  • Kate Papi
    Director
  • Oliviero Papi
    Key Cast
  • Fabian Wixe
    Key Cast
  • Rhian Smith
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short, Other
  • Runtime:
    7 minutes 42 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 7, 2018
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    France
  • Language:
    French
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • London Short Film Festival 2019
    London
    United Kingdom
    January 13, 2019
    world
    Official Selection
Director - Matt Smith, Kate Papi