In the parking lot of their company, in the schoolyard, in front of the tax center or the Elysée Palace, men and women have chosen to set themselves on fire. Beyond the news items that remained unreported, LE GRAND INCENDIE recounts these extreme acts of protest and confronts official communication with the voices of witnesses.
The dual-voice interface of the documentary allows us to hear the exceptional testimonies that these men and women address to the community and proposes to confront the reactions of the country's institutions and the denial of the protesting scope of these acts. Taking up the aesthetics of seismograph recordings, the speeches are drawn simultaneously on a scrolling roll of paper.
At any time, the Internet user can click on the curve of their choice to reveal the image associated with these words. He thus forges his own path on the meaning of this confrontation of discourses.
Produced by Honkytonk Films in co-production with France Télévisions Nouvelles scriptures, 2013
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