A Faint Trembling of the Landscape (2009) [N/A]
Featuring:
Bernard Blancan, Michel Théboeuf, Anatole Vialard
Written by:
Philippe Fernandez
Directed by:
Philippe Fernandez
Release Date:
August 26, 2009
Original Title:
Léger tremblement du paysage
Genres:
Drama
Production Countries:
France
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 85
As the world begins to explore the unknown regions outside our atmosphere, great events are reflected in the everyday actions in a small French community in this experimental comedy-drama from filmmaker Philippe Fernandez. It's the early 1960's, and while Americans and Russians are racing to be the first in outer space, the people who live in a small town can't contain their fascination with the exploration of the cosmos. School children draw pictures of the moon, a repairman thinks he's found evidence of alien life forms, weekend painters develop a new perspective on the sky, kids get into the game by cobbling together a homemade spaceship, and a teacher obsessed with auto racing thinks he knows the secret behind some strange terrestrial events.
A small French town somewhere in the 1960's. It's the eve of the space age. A middle-aged art teacher paints skies. He becomes intrigued by what he sees on his paintings and starts using bigger canvas and more experimental ways of painting. Two boys built a rocket on the grounds of a man who never speaks. When he's not improving or test driving his rally car or trying to sweet talk a nude model or a lab technician who studies patterns, the local gym teacher and amateur racer tells them about outer space. Then, the landscape trembles faintly. The gym teacher/amateur racer discovers the cause of the tremble.
