Allégorie citadine
France / 2024 / 21'
Plot
In the Allegory of the Cave, Plato ponders: what would happen if one of the prisoners managed to free themselves from their chains and escape from the cave? What if that prisoner were Jay, a little 7-years-old boy?
Full Cast and Crew
Director:
Alice Rohrwacher, JR
Production:
Ad Vitam Films
Social Animals
Film Editing:
Nelly Quettier
Cinematography:
Damien Jalet
Cast:
Naïm El Kaldaoui
Lyna Khoudri
Leos Carax
Music:
Thomas Bangalter
Póster Oficial
Director
Alice Rohrwacher, JR
Alice Rohrwacher is an Italian screenwriter and director. She directed Le Meraviglie, winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. Born in 1981 in Fiesole, she studied in Turin and Lisbon. She has worked in music and documentary projects. She has also worked as an editor and composer for theatre. Her first feature Corpo Celeste made its world premiere in the Directors’ Fortnight (Cannes 2011). JR is a French artist and director. Thanks to his photographic collage technique, he exhibits his work free of charge on the walls of the whole world – attracting the attention of those who do not usually go to museums. Originator of the 28 Millimeters Project, which he started in and around Clichy-Montfermeil in 2004, continued in the Middle East with Face 2 Face (2007), in Brazil and Kenya for Women Are Heroes (2008-2011), the documentary that was presented at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010 (Critics' Week). Alice and JR co-directed the film Omelia Contadina, which was presented in 2020 at the Venice International Film Festival.
Festivals and Awards
SEMINCI Valladolid 2024
Venice Film Festival 2024