ROOM 413

A documentary film directed by Adeline GONIN
Expected duration : around 60′

 

  • Pitch
    Sitting in Boubou’s room, in the migrant worker’s home, around a cup of tea or a meal, we share stories and news about home, about work, about the struggles for our rights.
    Among all these residents, I rediscover the atmosphere of the migrant’s home I used to go to, when I was a little girl.
    How can we prevent the dislocation of these spaces of solidarity ?
    Will the home of my childhood disappear forever ?
  • Synopsis
    A 300 sq. feet room in a home for migrant workers in the city of Saint-Denis, France.
    Boubou lives there with his cousin and two of his brothers.
    Among all these residents, I rediscover the atmosphere of the migrant’s home I used to go to, when I was a little girl.
    Around a cup of tea or a meal, we share stories and news about the country back home, about work, about the struggles for the rights.
    Boubou has managed to turn his room into a haven of peace in a french society that makes life difficult for migrants.
    But disheartenment grows day by day…
  • Biofilmography
    Adeline Gonin , 38 years old
    After studying sociology and anthropology in cinema, Adeline Gonin has worked these past years with residents of migrant workers homes. In 2009, she created the « Cinéma des Foyers » Film Festival with the activist and cultural association « Attention Chantier ». In 2011, after releasing her first self-produced short film, she worked with the « Ateliers Varan » Film School where she directed Papa Ben, a portrait of a Parisian ragpicker (2012 – 14′). The documentary was screened at the 2012 FIFE International Student Film Festival. In 2014, she completed her first major film, Barakeden, les petits bonnes de Bamako (2015 – 57′). Distributed by L’ Echangeur, the film was selected by 40 festivals, broadcast by TV5 Monde Afrique and african channels, as well as a national film tour in Bamako and around Mali (20 screenings). Adeline is still leading several video workshops in Paris and Ile-de-France region, as well as at the Nanterre detention center and in the migrant worker’s home of Saint-Denis. She has been working on the documentary film project Foyer, doux foyer (Room 413) since 2015.

TECHNICAL ELEMENTS

Expected duration : 60 minutes
Shooting format : HD Color 16/9 – 2.0 sound
Dialogues : French, Soninke
Versions : French, English

Written and directed by Adeline Gonin
Editing : Saskia Berthod
Sound engineer: Dana Farzanehpour
Production: Julien Fiorentino

DEVELOPMENT

• Development support, CNC « Images de la diversité », 2017
• Support for research granted by the City of Saint-Denis, 2017
• Scriptwriting Training Residence, supported by Île-de-France Region
in partnership with the National Museum of Immigration History
in Villa Belleville (by Curry Vavart with City of Paris), 2017
• « Rencontres d’août », « Etats généraux du film documentaire », Lussas 2016
• « Résidence d’écriture », Documentary Film School, Ardèche Images 2015

Broadcasting partner : TV Montreuil Est Parisien (TVMESTP)

A documentary film produced by L’Echangeur (France)

Production Contact:
L’ECHANGEUR : 134, rue Saint Maur – 75011 Paris – France
@ lechangeur@gmail.com

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