GOAT STORY
This film, shot in the north of France, combines fiction with documentary. In it we encounter a wandering goat in an unnamed town, a ghost which haunts motorists, a devil and a farmer, a radio presenter and a choir of Polish miners. It also addresses the memory of the Usinor steelworks, whose closure in the 1980s left an indelible scar on the region. Each of these stories is a tree which hides a deeper forest.
La Phenomena has been in residency for three years in the mining region of Valenciennes, forging links with the inhabitants and local associations. Building upon stories, legends and news items collected in the area, Goat Story is an attempt to transpose onscreen a mode of theatrical creation.
direction Maëlle Dequiedt
, Simon Hatab
assistant director Rislane Hakym
imaging, editing Jean Doroszczuk
sound recording Déborah Drelon
scenography, costume design Pauline Caenen, Heidi Folliet, Solène Fourt-Meiche
production Raphaël de Almeida Ferreira, Anouk Peytavin
with Khadija Asse, Mahlia Bakari, Quentin Barbosa, Noé Billoir, Damien Davoult, Brigitte Dubois, Bernard Ethuin, Rislane Hakym, Lounès Hassouna, Enza Liberti, Romain Pageard, Hubert Ruyer, Célestine Yackx, the Un animal une vie association, the Doux-chineurs community garden, the Douai Polish miners’ choir, the Lycée Mousseron audio-visual cinema class in Denain, and the voices of François Chattot and Martine Schambacher
Cabaret de curiosité
Le Phénix – Scène nationale de Valenciennes
1er mars 2023
