71SSIFF - 22/30 September 2023
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Bigger Than Us

Flore Vasseur
France      96 m.
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For six years, Melati, 18, has been fighting the plastic pollution that is ravaging her country, Indonesia. Like her, a generation is rising up to fix the world. Everywhere, teenagers and young adults are fighting for human rights, the climate, freedom of expression, social justice, access to education or food. Dignity. Alone against all odds, sometimes risking their lives and safety, they protect, denounce and care for others. The earth. And they change everything. Melati goes to meet them across the globe. She wants to understand how to hold on and continue her action. From the favelas of Rio to the remote villages of Malawi, from makeshift boats off the island of Lesbos to Native American ceremonies in the mountains of Colorado, Rene, Mary, Xiu, Memory, Mohamad and Winnie reveal a magnificent world, one of courage and joy, of commitment to something bigger than oneself. At a time when everything seems to be or has been falling apart, these young people show us how to live.

Director
Flore Vasseur (France)
Screenplay
Flore Vasseur
Production
Elzevir (France)
Denis Carot
All You Need is Prod (France)
Marion Cotillard
Big Mother Productions (France)
Flore Vasseur
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Indie Sales (France)
Photography
Christophe Offenstein
Edition
Aurélie Jourdan
Music
Rémi Boubal
Sound
Jean-Luc Audy
Format
DCP FOLLOWING DCI
Running Time
96 m.
Original language of the film
Arabic , English
Country
France
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