A Journey Around the Moon
Directed by Ila Bêka & Louise Lemoine
2015 / 76 min / France / US Premiere
Voyage autour de la Lune is an urban diary, a personal wandering
which draws the lines of an emotional and psychological map of the city of
Bordeaux along the renewed river banks, once called the "Moon
Harbour" for the large curve with which the Garonne River embraces the
city.
From one side of
the river to the other, Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine tell us about the identity
of a public space which has deeply changed in the collective mind of the city.
Using cinematic language, the film takes us along the tumultuous river's ebbs
and flows, and drifts into the intimate turmoils of the people during the
journey. It's a rare example of a film in which a city is portrayed through a
collection of personal stories.