INTERVIEWS
INTERVIEWS
INTERVIEWS
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INTERVIEWS
MUSIC VIDEO.
directed with Spacetajin
4
ZOUAVE
holy waters run deep
holy waters run deep
GINKGO BILOBA
RONE

Carte blanche given by Rone in 2020 to make the first music video of his sixth album Room With A View. In this whimsical dystopia tinged with anticipation, sensuality and excess come together in tune. And where Nature overwhelms Humanity, the figure of Youth (embodied by the Child) symbolizes the hope of a renewal to come. Until then lost, souls of the three Sacrificed finally leave (over-)consumption and the dilapidated remains to better reincarnate within the heart of Earth. The story thus ends with an optimistic epilogue where (re-)Birth invites to awaken consciences.
EXPLORE THE MAKING
To tanspose GINKGO BILOBA to the screen, RONE wanted to thwart the joyful harmony of his musical arrangement in order to create a raw but nonetheless hopeful counterpoint, like the bestial kinematics that seduced him in my short film FIST (PRENDS MON POING in French). I found inspiration instantly and wove my creative thinking to shape a hybrid tale in which narrative dreaminess would be counterbalanced by formal radicalism.
This film was tedious to produce because of the particularly unfavorable context for its conception. The team shot in February 2020, at the start of Covid-19 pandemic. A bad timing which unfortunately curbed the project due to the drastic security measures taken by then. Luckily we wrapped up the shoot on time although the following post-production was clearly shaken since cobbled remotely at home with makeshift means (a configuration far from our initial filmmaking ambition...).
SARAH AL ATASSI
CREW
MUSIC BY
rone
ARTIST LABEL
infine records
FILM WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY
sarah al atassi
PRODUCED BY
la main productions
CO-PRODUCED BY
infine
SCRIPT SUPERVISOR
juliette moreau
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
evgenia alexandrova
SOUND MIXER
hugo deguillard
HEAD DECORATOR
pauline doublier
COSTUME SUPERVISOR
avril lecocq
MAKEUP ARTIST
fiona rossini
EDITORS
sarah al atassi + leïla rannou
SOUND DESIGN
lucien richardson
COLORIST
vincent amor
CREDITS EDITOR
kako al san
CAST
SACRIFICED SIBLING
sandy farhi
SACRIFICED SIBLING
tibo drouet
SACRIFICED SIBLING
michel mhanna santoni
MASTER OF CEREMONY
zaïd sahli
THE CHILD
joy lepetit-farhi
GINKGO BILOBA (2020) © Sarah Al Atassi
GINKGO BILOBA (2020) © Sarah Al Atassi
GINKGO BILOBA (2020) © Sarah Al Atassi
GINKGO BILOBA (2020) © Sarah Al Atassi
GINKGO BILOBA (2020) © Sarah Al Atassi
GINKGO BILOBA (2020) © Sarah Al Atassi
GINKGO BILOBA (2020) © Sarah Al Atassi
GINKGO BILOBA (2020) © Sarah Al Atassi
GINKGO BILOBA (2020) © Sarah Al Atassi
GINKGO BILOBA (2020) © Sarah Al Atassi
GINKGO BILOBA (2020) © Sarah Al Atassi
GINKGO BILOBA (2020) © Sarah Al Atassi