War is Looming

War is Looming

80 mins | Documentary | April 1, 2011

This film takes a look at the French concentration camp at Rivesaltes. It does not deal with the site of memory but rather memories of the site through the concrete and physical data visible on the ground perceived as a holed-out space mined by disappearance, in particular the buildings, which subsist as ruins. This film is less preoccupied with drawing lessons from history than fuelling the present with a history that, like a blinding mirror, is of the utmost concern.

War is Looming

80 mins | Documentary | April 1, 2011

War is Looming
This film takes a look at the French concentration camp at Rivesaltes. It does not deal with the site of memory but rather memories of the site through the concrete and physical data visible on the ground perceived as a holed-out space mined by disappearance, in particular the buildings, which subsist as ruins. This film is less preoccupied with drawing lessons from history than fuelling the present with a history that, like a blinding mirror, is of the utmost concern.
Producers
Original title La guerre est proche
Directors Claire Angelini
Writers

Cast

Boris Lehman

as Architecte

Antonio Cascarosa

as Espagnol

Nicole Mathieu

as Militante