QWhat does the temptation, so strong today, mean to cast shame, to rewrite what we took for granted? What does it mean for each of us to live in a time of “cancel culture”?
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With Disclaimeran intimate story in the form of a thriller and his first television series (on Apple TV+), the great Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron, author of the stunning space odyssey Gravity and Oscar for best director for his autobiographical story Romaexplores a question that deeply affects all Western societies.
The filmmaker is preparing to leave for the Lumière festival in Lyon, where his series in seven episodes will be screened (as it deserves) as a real film, on the big screen…
“All that matters is how we present things”
“I am passionate about the question of narrativehe confides to Point. Both on an existential level – to confront our fundamental solitude, we need stories that give meaning to our lives – and on a political level. We see it clearly today: in our era dominated by populists, the facts are negligible. All that matters is how you present things. »
At the center of the story, there is Catherine, a respected and imposing documentary filmmaker. She is in love with her husband, Robert (Sacha Baron Cohen), less assured in her relationship with their son, Nicholas (Kodi Smit-McPhee). This woman is, as we can imagine, complex and fascinating. Normal: she is played by the immense Cate Blanchett.
After a ceremony in her honor, Catherine returns to her London apartment, opens a package, and stops at the book it contains. The initial warning claims, contrary to what is usually done, that the story told is not imaginary, that it involves real characters. Catherine immediately turned pale. This book, she understood, is about her.
The repressed past recounted in the book, a vacation in Italy where a young man died, comes to the surface. From one day to the next, her husband treats her like an enemy, her son cuts ties, her colleagues insult her. Vertigo…
Should we believe what we see?
“Every story is based on manipulationemphasizes Alfonso Cuaron. It’s a power that I, as a filmmaker and storyteller, am wary of. In Disclaimerdifferent narratives are juxtaposed, there are subtle but notable differences. It’s up to the viewer to be alert, to decode what’s happening. »
Who tells the story and according to what reading grid, necessarily imperfect, is it interpreted? Should we believe what we see embodied on the screen in scenes of maddening erotic charge?
We will have to go until the last image to fully understand what happened before our eyes. But don’t worry: if you start Disclaimeryou won’t be able to stop §
On Apple TV+. Two episodes available on October 11 then one episode per week, until November 15. At the Lumière de Lyon festival, Thursday October 17, at 4 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.
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From the moment she opens the book left at her home which recounts an episode from her youth, Catherine (Cate Blanchett) loses control of her life. Those around her reject her, her husband and her son flee her. Sensual, dizzying, the psychological thriller by Alfonso Cuaron (photo) keeps us in suspense and holds up a merciless mirror to our society. Admirable.
Find our full interview with Alfonso Cuaron on lepoint.fr
