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IDFA 2020

Cut the Chit Chat

On fait salon
Léa Forest
France
2019
27 min
Dutch Premiere
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No chit chat, small talk, or gossip in this French barbershop. The customers are all boys aged between 12 and 18. They come in for a cool, fashionable hairstyle to look their best for the girls. But while they are being filmed from the front, as if the viewer is hiding behind the hairdresser’s mirror, director Léa Forest invites them to talk about the deepest of subjects.

In response to forthright questions about love, sex, bullying, and what it’s like to be a man, they sometimes answer uncomfortably, but they are surprisingly frank. These tough-looking boys aren’t exactly big talkers, but their emotions are revealed precisely in the succinctness of their replies about an impossible love for an older woman or the lack of attention from girls.

The shop gradually becomes a kind of confessional, a place where it’s safe to say anything. During the few moments when nobody is speaking, all that can be heard is the sound of scissors and clippers, which helps to create an almost sacred atmosphere.

Credits
Director
Production
    Sarah Derny for Envie de Tempete Productions
    Sarah Derny for Envie de Tempete Productions
Cinematography
    Balthazar Lab,
    Jodie Arnoux
    Balthazar Lab,
    Jodie Arnoux
Editing
    Guillaume Lillo
    Guillaume Lillo
Music
    Éléonore du Bois
    Éléonore du Bois
Sound Design
    Agathe Poche
    Agathe Poche
Sound
    Adriano Cerrone
    Adriano Cerrone
Screening copy
    Envie de Tempete Productions
    Envie de Tempete Productions

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