BYE BYE BLACKBIRD

By : Robinson Savary

With : James Thierrée, Derek Jacobi, Jodhi May, Michael Lonsdale et Izabella Miko
France, 2005, PAL, 4/3 - 99 min
toutes zones, couleur,
13.00 €


BYE BYE BLACKBIRD

Directed by : Robinson Savary
With : James Thierrée, Derek Jacobi, Jodhi May, Michael Lonsdale et Izabella Miko

France, 2005, PAL, 4/3, 99 min
all zones, color

Langages: English, French. Subtitles: French

This drama is set in the early years of the 20th century. Josef, a former construction worker who delighted in dancing on girders high above the city sweeps up in the circus. Once the big top's owner spots the young roustabout defying gravity on the trapeze, he endeavors to pair Josef with his aerialist daughter Alice in a perilous sky-high pas de deux.

James Thierrée:
James Thierrée , born in 1974, is the grandson of Charlie Chaplin and the son of Jean-Baptiste Thierrée (co-founder of the renowned Cirques Bonjour, Imaginaire, and Invisible). As a child, Thierrée appeared in his parents' productions and later studied trapeze and acrobatics, violin, and dramatic arts. He appeared in Peter Greenaway's film PROSPERO'S BOOKS and in starring roles in the independent films BYE BYE BLACKBIRD (nominated for an award at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival) and LIBERTE (2009). He has worked in theater productions by Robert Wilson, Beno Besson, and Carlos Santos. In 1998, he founded La Compagnie du Hanneton and began to create his own work. The company's first production was "Junebug Symphony" (presented in New York in 2002). Thierrée and La Compagnie du Hanneton made their first appearance at BAM with "Bright Abyss" ("La Veillée des Abysses") (2005 Next Wave), followed by "Farewell Umbrella" ("Au Revoir Parapluie") (2007 Next Wave). He returns to BAM for the 2010 Next Wave Festival with the New York premiere of the solo theater-nouveau cirque show, "Raoul".

Robinson Savary:
Robinson Savary, film director and photographer, is the son of the Grand Magic Circus founder, Jérôme Savary, and the painter Sabine Monirys.

Bonus: BRIGHT ABYSS (LA VEILLEE DES ABYSSES), documentary by Robinson Savary (26 mn- 2005), booklet 12 pages relating the development of this extraordinary film

FIPRESCI Prize at the Taormina International Film Festival
Tokyo International Film Festival 2005


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Byebye blackbird
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