MEETING SNOWDEN - the premiere in Paris
Was it the glass of wine I had before, the air conditioning gone mad, Remiâs music that caught my heart, your gazes stolen by the shots, their words everywhere ? During the Premiere of MEETING SNOWDEN on the Max Linder huge screen, I started to shiver.
In the audience, a blend of my worlds, family, friends for life, my many partners in crime. I saw the little girl, the student, the lover, the woman, the author, the citizen, the sister, the friend, the traitor, the mother. As the sun in Moscow was rising on the screen, I tried to collect my thoughts for the little speech I was supposed to deliver at the end of the film. Some words on their words. Alone by the back of the packed cinema, I could not get my arm to obey nor my hand to hold the pen. There was no way I could control anything anymore. The film was there, on screen. So I looked again this story unfold. As I had a thousand times without me intervening really.
The end credits ran too fast, taking away the name of all those that crafted this piece of work with me. The lights came back. And then I saw your many faces, shaken, as I was after the filming, and in your eyes, a little star, a light, a thank you. I got that I was the body the idea had chosen to materialize itself, to pass along. Capturing this conversation between these three bigger-than- life characters was an adventure I can not even start to describe. My part is done. But the trip is just beginning.
THE FILM WILL AIR ON ARTE ON JUNE 15
Larry Lessig and Birgitta Jonsdottir on stage,
greeted by a standing ovation,
before a debate with the audience (with Pascale FaugĂšre - amazing translator)
Many thanks to Julie Perris and Paul Rozenberg (my producers), Alain le Diberder, Kay Mezeberg and Marco Nassivera (Arte), who commissionned the film. In the picture below, Benedicte Jeannerod - Human Right Watch, and Cecile Coudriou - Amnesty International, two partners for the premiere, Julie Perris and Marco Nassivera (hosts for the night).
Est-ce ce verre de vin avant le dĂ©but de la premiĂšre, la climatisation de la salle, la musique qui part et mâattrape les tripes, vos regards happĂ©s par lâimage, leurs mots partout ?
Pendant la premiĂšre de MEETING SNOWDEN sur lâĂ©norme Ă©cran du Max Linder, jâai commencĂ© Ă trembler.
Dans la salle, il y avait presque tous mes mondes, ma famille, mes ami(e)s de toujours, mes partenaires de jeu, de lâĂ©dition, de lâactivisme politique. Jâai vu la petite fille, lâĂ©tudiante, lâamoureuse, la femme, lâauteure, la citoyenne, la soeur, lâamie, la traitre, la mĂšre. Toutes mes vies. Dans le noir, Ă©clairĂ©e par Moscou, jâai voulu prendre quelques notes pour ma petite intervention aprĂšs le film. Quelques mots sur leurs mots. Seule au fond de la salle presque pleine, je nâai jamais pu reprendre le contrĂŽle de ma main. Alors jâai lĂąchĂ© lâidĂ©e de contrĂŽler quoi que ce soit. Le film Ă©tait lĂ . Et jâai regardĂ©, pour la milliĂšme fois, cette histoire se raconter sans que jâintervienne vraiment.
Le gĂ©nĂ©rique a dĂ©filĂ©, emportant trop vite le nom de celles et ceux sans lesquels tout cela nâaurait Ă©tĂ© que le rĂȘve dâune enfant gĂątĂ©e. Et alors vous avez applaudi. Jâai vu vos visages un peu sonnĂ©s, comme moi aprĂšs ce tournage, et au fond de vos regards, une Ă©tincelle, une larme ou un merci. Et jâai compris que jâavais fait mon travail. Que jâĂ©tais ce corps dans lequel cette idĂ©e Ă©tait venue se loger pour se matĂ©rialiser, passer. Capturer ce moment, cette rencontre entre ces trois personnages plus grands que la vie, Edward Snowden, Larry Lessig and Birgitta Jonsdottir Ă©tait une aventure bouleversante. Pour un tas de raisons, jâai lâimpression que le voyage ne fait que dĂ©marrer.
A trĂšs vite pour dâautres projections, discussions, dĂ©bats et surtout la diffusion le 15 juin 2016 sur ARTE. Merci Ă Julie Perris pour cette soirĂ©e. Merci Ă vous qui Ă©tiez lĂ et mâavez signifiĂ© par vos mots et gestes, bienveillance, amitiĂ©s et tendresses. #biggerthanlife
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