Aporia

Selected for the Short Film Corner
FESTIVAL DE CANNES 2022

Aporia, a film parable of five figures of humanity facing the insoluble. Initially thought of as a cinematographic experiment centered around clothing, this film embarks on a poetic experience, beyond words, through a perceptive and aesthetic approach opening up to an existential conversation.

In the spring of 2021, Elsie Pomier and I began a reflection on mourning, vanity and faith with the theme: Aporia. An aporia is a difficulty in solving a problem, an insoluble contradiction in reasoning. This questioning, both existential and spiritual, gave rise to a collective fashion exhibition.

Elsie Pomier’s curation work culminated in the selection of seven designers whose clothes were presented on copper wire sculptures by Korean artist Junseok Mo. These sculptures reflected human figures built out of emptiness and fullness.

From there, I imagined having characters wear these clothes on screen: a blind photographer, a child messenger, an angry man, a disoriented woman, mourners without tears, a bereaved bride. These characters were imagined as allegorical facets of a humanity faced with the insoluble.

Faced with the insoluble, everything is fleeting, nothing lasts. Everything is erased, torn apart. We wander, as if disjointed. We will never understand but we will always question.
What to believe?

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blind photographer: ESTIENNE RYLLE
the man: JOËL BEAUVOIS the
child: LUC BRESSANT
woman in the city: CINDY BABIN
the mourners: CINDY BABIN,
STEPHANIE MIJAJILOVIC, PRUDENCE MASSE
the bride: HELENE LEDUC

director: ESTIENNE RYLLE
screenplay: ELSIE POMIER & ESTIENNE RYLLE
dop: ALFREDO SALAZAR
cinematographer: ALBAN ROBERT
scenography: ROSANNE AHYI
sculptures: JUNSEOK MO
makeup artist: CASSANDRE BRUNOIR
script: PAULINE TOMASI
editing: ESTIENNE RYLLE
color grading: ALBAN ROBERT
sound design: REMON JR & ESTIENNE RYLLE
music: ESTIENNE RYLLE
stylist: ELSIE POMIER
production: IMAGO DEI & NUIT PURE

designers:
JESUS 4LONSO, DERBY’S, INDRA EUDARIC, HELLOVE, FRANCOISE HOFFMANN, I SAVED THE FISH / AH YOUNG SON, KORNERSTONE / MAGALI CONFIANT, VICTOR PAO, REINHARD PLANK, ELSIE POMIER, TAMARA POMIER, FANNY SATHOUD, CÉLINE SHEN

Aporia

Aporia, a film parable of five figures of humanity facing the insoluble. Initially thought of as a cinematographic experiment centered around clothing, this film embarks on a poetic experience, beyond words, through a perceptive and aesthetic approach opening up to an existential conversation.

In the spring of 2021, Elsie Pomier and I began a reflection on mourning, vanity and faith with the theme: Aporia. An aporia is a difficulty in solving a problem, an insoluble contradiction in reasoning. This questioning, both existential and spiritual, gave rise to a collective fashion exhibition.

Faced with the insoluble, everything is fleeting, nothing lasts. Everything is erased, torn apart. We wander, as if disjointed. We will never understand but we will always question. What to believe?

Faced with the insoluble, everything is fleeting, nothing lasts. Everything is erased, torn apart. We wander, as if disjointed. We will never understand but we will always question.
What to believe?