Les Vrilles de la vignes

I talked to Françoise Lebrun about the singing of nightingales at Vincent’s place in Loiret. At that time, she introduced me to Les Vrilles de la vignes by Colette, a text she had read at a friend’s funeral. The idea for this very simple film came through the voice of Françoise: “As long as the vine grows, grows ...” to the singing of nightingales, night falling, at Vincent’s place. We do three takes, three readings in a row, so that the last one finished in deep night. I kept an excerpt of the second take and the end of the third, in pitch-black darkness. (Pierre Creton) (Viennale)