Mirrors 2021

Dormir, dormir dans les pierres

Alexe Poukine I 2013 I 74'

SYNOPSIS

A few years ago, my uncle died in the street. He was homeless. How did he end up like that? To try to understand, I ask my family members to retrace the route of his shipwreck. Everywhere in the city there are miserable people adrift. Death lurks. Joe and Bart are still alive. They work at it, day after day, night after night (Alexe Poukine).

BIOGRAPHY

Alexe Poukine

ALEXE POUKINE was born in Belgium in 1982. After attending theatre classes, he studied ethnology, documentary filmmaking and screenwriting. Petites Morts, his graduation film, has been selected for several international festivals. His first feature-length documentary is Dormir, dormir dans les pierres, followed by Sans frapper (2019). In 2021, he made his first fiction film, Palma.

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Critical text

Belgian filmmaker Alexe Poukine interviews her relatives to investigate the life of her uncle, who died destitute. This traumatic event allows Poukine to delve into the world of forgotten people who survive on the streets of cities. In the style of an investigative documentary and with a strong empathy, the director follows Joe and Bart, two people who openly share their experiences and their way of life with the camera, even if this openness is also associated with a strong sense of confusion. Dormir, dormir dans les pierres takes its title from a poem by the French surrealist writer Benjamin Péret, and is the debut feature of a fascinating filmmaker who is building her career with increasingly consistent and suggestive films. NURIA CUBAS

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