Ultraviolette and the Blood-Spitters Gang
r. Robin Hunzinger
Francuska / 2021. / dokumentarni / 74′
Nakon smrti svoje bake Emme, Robin Hunzinger i njegova majka Claudie pronašli su pažljivo čuvanu zbirku pisama koje je Emma primila od djevojke po imenu Marcelle. Marcelle i Emma upoznale su se kao tinejdžerke sredinom 1920-ih te započele vezu, no nakon dvije godine svaka kreće svojim putem. Marcelle obolijeva od tuberkuloze i odlazi u sanatorij. Redovito Emmi piše pisma te je izvještava o svojim razmišljanjima i stanjima, kao i o događanjima u sanatoriju. Naime, Marcelle, poznata i pod nadimkom Ultraviolette, tamo upoznaje i druge buntovne mlade žene na liječenju, te one oformljavaju svoju “bandu”. Članice bande se zbližavaju i životi će im zauvijek biti isprepleteni.
Ispričan kroz Marcelleina živopisna pisma, film kombinira arhivske snimke, avangardni pristup i glazbu kako bi stvorio senzualnu, pjesničku atmosferu apsolutne ljubavi te prikazao odvažnu mladu ženu ispred svog vremena i skupinu njezinih srodnih duša čija povezanost nadilazi granice prostora i vremena.
Nakon studija povijesti i povijesti umjetnosti u Strasbourgu, Robin Hunzinger studirao je kinematografiju u Jussieu s Jeanom Douchetom, Jeanom Rouchom i Bernardom Cuauom. Dosad je snimio dokumentarne filmove o povijesti, ratu, tragovima sjećanja, čovjeku suočenim s nezamislivim i prirodom. Film je sastavni dio njegove svakodnevice; on piše, čita, snima, skenira, montira, povlači se, primjećuje, diže se i uzdiže, najčešće sam u svom studiju u Vosgesu. Neki od njegovih najvažnijih filmova su Où sont nos amoureuses (2007.), Vers la forêt de nuages (2016.) i Inventaire avant disparition (2016.). Njegovi filmovi prikazani su na brojnim festivalima: Cinéma du réel (Pariz), Etats généraux du film documentaire de Lussas, Festival international du film de Rotterdam, Festival de Thessaloniki, Festival de Beirouth, FIGRA… Osvojio je dvije zvijezde od SCAM-a, ali i Grand Prix na festivalu Traces de Vie 2008., nagradu Ahmed Attia na MEDIMED-u 2011., međunarodnu nagradu FREEDOM na Luxorskom afričkom filmskom festivalu, posebnu nagradu žirija na Međunarodnom panafričkom festivalu u Cannesu i nagradu za najbolji dokumentarno-igrani film na Međunarodnom filmskom festivalu u Martiniqueu 2016. godine.
After the death of his grandmother Emma, Robin Hunzinger and his mother Claudie found a carefully preserved collection of letters which Emma received from a girl called Marcelle. Marcelle and Emma met in the mid-1920s. Secretly, love blossomed between the two teenage girls, but after two years they parted ways. Marcelle developed tuberculosis and was admitted to a sanatorium, where she wrote many letters to Emma, letters that still burn with great evocative power. At the sanatorium, rebellious Marcelle, nicknamed ‘Ultraviolette’, led a group of three young women who were also sick.
The film, told through Marcelle’s eloquent letters, combines archive footage, avant-garde films, and music to create a sensuous, poetic atmosphere of absolute love, a daring young woman ahead of her time and a group of kindred spirits which break the barrier of time.
After studying History and Art History in Strasbourg, Robin Hunzinger studied Cinema in Jussieu with Jean Douchet, Jean Rouch and Bernard Cuau. Since then he has made documentary films about history, war, traces of memory, man in the face of the unthinkable and nature. He is a homefilmmaker. He writes, reads, films, scans, frames, retreats, registers, ascends and rises, alone (often) in his studio in the Vosges. Some of his main films include Où sont nos amoureuses (2007), Vers la forêt de nuages (2016) and Inventaire avant disparition (2016). His films have been shown in numerous festivals: Cinéma du réel (Paris), Etats généraux du film documentaire de Lussas, Festival international du film de Rotterdam, Festival de Thessaloniki, Festival de Beirouth, FIGRA… He won two stars from the SCAM, but also the Grand Prix of the Traces de Vie festival in 2008, the Ahmed Attia Award at the MEDIMED in 2011, the FREEDOM International Prize at the Luxor African film festival, the Jury Special Prize at the Cannes International Pan-African Festival and the Best Documentary Feature Film at the Martinique International Film Festival in 2016.
