Be bold to explore an abandoned building, nickname it “the haunted house” to play at shivering, to pretend to be adventurers and try to open the door to the castle's dungeons, to be chased by the gendarmes… These are authentic childhood memories experienced in the 1980s by Frédéri de Saint-Férréol .
Their decor? The typical streets of Haut-de-Cagnes. Ex-student of the Vieux-Bourg school, this graduate in cinema from ESRA in Nice, who still lives in the old town of Cagno having seen him grow up, put these snapshots of his youth – and much more – in a medium-length film. Baptized The side roadthe film, broadcast for the first time this Sunday, December 22, 2024 at the municipal cinema, was largely filmed in this setting, between February 2022 and the end of 2023. “When I was little, there was an atmosphere at the Vieux-Bourg school that was reminiscent of Tom Sawyer, Little Nicholas…I wanted to film all of this”explains the director, who was able to film for two days in the school building just before it was renovated.
“Valuable help” from the village residents
The scenario is that of former schoolchildren returning to greet their departing teacher. The opportunity to remember the past, including a mysterious treasure hunt… On the screen, flashback scenes from childhood are performed by students from the theater classes at the Cagnes cultural center and of the Antibea theater in Antibes. A cast completed by Parisian actors Delphine Zentout and Christian Roy, who have distinguished themselves in various TV films and series.
But not only that: a nod to real life, “Loïc Swiny, one of my classmates at the time, plays a supervisor. The inhabitants of the village played the extras and much more: they allowed us to plug in our projectors or film in front of their homes!”, underlines Frédéri de Saint-Férréol, who also received free permission from the city to put Cagnes in a box. As for the spirit of the medium-length film (34 minutes), which intends to attack a few festivals of the genre in France: “my friend Loïc describes it as The Goonies who met Pagnol”, concludes its director. You be the judge!
Screening on December 22, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. at the Espace Center cinema in Cagnes, in the first part of Vingt Dieux by L. Courvoisier. As part of CinéArts, the Cagnois film club. More information by email at [email protected]
A canvas… and the County
Cinema and good food. This is what awaits epicureans this Sunday, December 22, 2024 at the Espace-center cinema in Cagnes-sur-Mer. In addition to the broadcast of the medium-length film Le chemin de traverse du Cagnois Frédéri de Saint-Férréol (read opposite), the Cagnes art ciné association is programming Vingt Dieux by Louise Courvoisier that evening. The story of Totone, a lost young adult who sets out to produce the best… Jura County. “At 6:30 p.m., before the start of the screenings, we will offer a tasting of Comté, provided by the Biocoop de Cagnes, and Jura wines,” explains Anne-Marie Chaminade, president of the city’s film club, created there. two years ago. And that's not all. At the end of the feature film, three young goatherds, who came especially from the Briançon region for the occasion, will talk to the audience about their jobs as breeders and cheese producers.
From 6:30 p.m., at the Espace-center cinema.
Prices: from €5 (film club members) to €7.
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