“I’m waiting for Sologne to be cleared of fences to come back and shoot a film there. » The director of Truancy – where his Sologne and the fight against its entrapment were in the spotlight – answers questions from the Romorantin public (1), at home, in a packed room at Ciné Sologne. Sunday, the new film by Nicolas Vanier, entitled It’s the world turned upside down! and which has the Morvan as its setting, was screened there in preview. This feature film with a 4-star cast – François Berléand, Michaël Youn, Barbara Schulz, Éric Elmosnino, Valérie Bonneton and even… Yannick Noah! – celebrates mutual aid and brotherhood in the heart of a climate crisis.
A few minutes before his exchange with the audience, Nicolas Vanier confided to the NR that we live “really in an upside down world” about the law against enclosure, which he supports, and which, this Tuesday, October 8, 2024, plays a big role before the Constitutional Council. At the origin of this contentious offensive, the National Federation of Professional Hunting, as well as owners, whose goal is to obtain from the Constitutional Council the repeal of major parts of the text. After this Tuesday’s hearing, the Constitutional Council will decide within a few days.
“The world of hunting is shooting itself in the foot”
“What’s sad is that not all the hunters are up to speed [contre l’engrillagement]. Some presidents of hunting federations are putting obstacles in our way. How can they condone massacres in zoos? [les chasses en enclos] ? The hunting world is shooting itself in the foot. I dare to believe that reason will prevail”continues Nicolas Vanier, interviewed by the NRemphasizing the population’s support for the law.
Before going to meet his audience, Nicolas Vanier discovers part of the photo exhibition on his filming that the Romorantin cinema team has prepared for him.
© (Photo NR, Pierre Calmeilles)
In front of the NR as in front of the public – which included the director Laurent Charbonnier and the actor Jean-Christian Fraiscinet, half of the Bodin’s duo – Nicolas Vanier advocated more broadly awareness of climate change. And pleaded for more “sobriety”: “I don’t claim to change the world with a film. The consumer has the power to change the world. »
Since Sunday, a room at the Romorantin cinema now bears the name of Nicolas Vanier and the director left with the 35 mm copy of his film The Snow Childoffered by the Ciné Sologne team (2). As for what comes next, Nicolas Vanier has a project written and already financed. But he plans to take his time: “I may have done too much filming. I’m going to take a break. The world of cinema must change, too. »
(1) And in this case, from Solognot director Xavier Gasselin.
