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Official Selection: San Sebastian International, Acid/Cannes,
Buenos Aires, Los Angeles, Guadalaraja, Viennale, Rio, Taipei...
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«Great actors are simply sparkling here»
Cahiers du Cinéma
«The Walking Man is humanity brought back to it's essentials:
An absurd and emotional movement»
Les Inrokuptibles
Cast: Mireille Perrier (worked with: Philippe Garel,Jaco Van Dormael, Léo Carax), Florence Loiret Caille (worked
with: Michael Haneke, Agnès Jaoui, Zabou Breitman), César Sarachu (worked with: Quay Brothers, Camera Café).
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Inspired by Russian writer Vladimir Slepian, "The Walking Man" chronicles the life of Viktor Atemian (César Sarachu, The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes), a political refugee who comes to Paris and briefly becomes a celebrated writer in intellectual circles. A poetic meditation and Situationnist dérive, the film follows an uncompromising Atemian as he withdraws from the literary world and its idiosyncrasies. As time passes and success doesn’t return, he finds himself penniless, staying in cheap hotels to finally end up homeless. The end of the film is a great and moving moment of cinema.
About the Director Aurélia Georges: Born in Paris in 1973, Aurélia Georges is a young writer/director who graduated from film school La Fémis. She made two documentaries and five short films, including Sur la Pente, screened at the Premiers Plans Film Festival in 2002. She has also worked as a production assistant and contributed to the magazine L’Art du Cinéma. The Walking Man is her critically acclaimed directorial debut.
Press
“...This minimalist and poetic first film offers a peculiar experience: walking through space and time, following the steps of a “celestial hobo”. (Télérama) “The Walking Man wouldn’t exist without César Sarachu, an actor summoning the ghostly silhouettes of sculptor Alberto Giacometti. Aurélia Georges doesn’t seek empathy towards this wanderer, pariah and anti social hobo. She observes his isolation, the unruly idealism that leads him to refuse any gesture of pity or false kindness.” (Le Monde)
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Genre: Fiction/80mn Origin: France/Supported by Unifrance
Languages: V.O French Available 35mmFrench release January 2008.
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