Le Jardin qui bascule
 

Posted on 15.10.2023

Every day there is a little-known filmmaker and a film to rediscover; doing justice to those forgotten in the history of cinema is also the role of the Lumière film festival.

Le Jardin qui bascule, 1975

Who is he ?

Screenwriter and director Guy Gilles (1938-1996) is the auteur behind a multi-faceted, sensitive body of work made up of short films, documentaries and works for television, as well as eight melodic films where acting plays a crucial part.

His film at the Lumière film festival ?

Le Jardin qui bascule tells the mysterious story of a young man hired to kill a free-spirited and emotionally liberated woman named Kate.

Why is it worth discovering ?

Le Jardin qui bascule is resolutely poetic and powerful. With Delphine Seyrig in the role of the uncontrollable Kate, it recounts the story of an encounter between a young man who ultimately knows very little about life and an observant woman, free in body and spirit. Guy Gilles delivers a disconcerting work, both social and political, in which the thriller aspect is only secondary. What's important here is how a woman reveals who she is, how she reads what she can get her hands on, how she goes for a walk, or how she enters into a romantic relationship, while retaining the power to decide for herself without being judged. Gilles also shows how dangerous it is for a woman to want to fully enjoy her independence.

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SCREENINGS

Le Jardin qui bascule by Guy Gilles (1975, 1h32)
Lumière Terreaux - Sun. 15 at 11am
Institut Lumière (Villa) - Thu. 19 at 11.30am

Virginie Apiou, author of D’après Delphine Seyrig (Institut Lumière/Actes Sud) will hold a book signing after the second screening.