Le chant des vivants - Production & Contact Info (original) (raw)

Survivors of the long road of exile, refugees from Eritrea, Sudan, Somalia, Guinea and the Democratic Republic of Congo arrive in Conques, in the heart of the Aveyron. There, an association, Limbo, surrounded by welcoming inhabitants, ...See moreSurvivors of the long road of exile, refugees from Eritrea, Sudan, Somalia, Guinea and the Democratic Republic of Congo arrive in Conques, in the heart of the Aveyron. There, an association, Limbo, surrounded by welcoming inhabitants, allows the group to rest for a while. The director places her camera in a library, the kitchen of a house, a corner of an old barn. One by one, the young survivors begin an exchange with her to talk about what has deeply marked them in exile. Together, they begin to write songs from the words they have written down. The nine melodies composed on this occasion retrace the route of the exile, tell of the pain they went through and thus create a great song of the living.See less