“A SON AT SEA”
A film by Alexis VAN STRATUM
After his depressive mother tries to commit suicide, Clement (28) suggests they spend a few days together at her seaside apartment to lift her morale. But Clement’s own life is at a crossroads: he and his pushy girlfriend are contemplating an imminent move to Montreal, where a big new job awaits him... And while at the coast, an encounter with a pretty young artist adds to Clement’s confusion.
How can Clement pull his mother out of her breakdown in a mere few days, while she inexorably seizes control of his life through her incessant emotional blackmail? Racked between the women he loves, how can Clement know what he really wants?
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ALEXIS VAN STRATUM
BIO-FILMOGRAPHY
Alexis Van Stratum is a bilingual (French / Dutch) stage and film director, writer, and actor.
- He graduated from the Antwerp Conservatory (Drama dept.) and INSAS (directing major).
- Has directed a number of short films: "Taalkabaal" (1999), "Trois variations sur un même thème" (2000), "Les enfants de coeur" ("Sweet Children") (2001), "Fast Forward" ("D'un trait") (2004), "Les amies qui t'aiment" (2008), and "Classes Vertes” (2008).
- Writer-director of the stage show "Hystéries" (Querelle Co., 2004) - still touring (Belgium).
- Director of stage shows, including "Gare du Nord" (2006) and "De Nacht op zijn kop" (2007), as well as amateur theatrical productions of plays by Chekhov, Brecht and Feydeau.
- Acting teacher for the screen, at Ipso Facto, Parallax, and the Brussels Conservatory.
- Actor in the following plays and stage shows:
“Le Hangar" by Virginie Debauche, "La Rafle du Vel d'Hiv" by Maurice Rajsfus (directed by Aurélie Vauthrin-Ledent, 2007-2008), "No, No, Nanette", musical comedy directed by Jean-Mark Favorin (2005), (1) + (1) by Nadine Dumonceau (2003), "Du sang sur le cou du chat" by Fasbinder (directed by Thierry Salmon, 1997) and "Arlechinno, de knecht van twee meesters" by Goldoni (directed by Warre Borgmans, 1995).
Actor in the short film "Saint" by B. Defurne (1995) and the VRT television series “Thuis” (1996).
Alexis Van Stratum’s main themes are co-dependence, rejection, hysteria and deprivation.
He likes working along the fine line that crosses tragedy, comedy and pathos -- using (for example) a musical comedy sequence to offset the dramatic narrative.
“A Son At Sea” ("Avec ma mère à la mer") is Alexis’s debut feature film.
CINÉASTES ASSOCIÉS
présente
en coproduction avec ARTE G.E.I.E.
en collaboration avec la RTBF (télévision belge)
producteurs associés
CARINE BRATZLAVSKY - ARTE Belgique
ARLETTE ZYLBERBERG - RTBF
avec l’aide du Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Communauté française Wallonie- Bruxelles et de la Loterie Nationale
avec le soutien d’UBIK sprl
un scénario de
ALEXIS VAN STRATUM et GREGORY LECOCQ
une production de
JOHN ENGEL
CINEASTES ASSOCIES
un film de
ALEXIS VAN STRATUM
avec
Hervé GUERRISI
Thierry DE COSTER
Cachou KIRSCH
Séverine PORZIO
Laurence BRIAND
Nicole COLCHAT
Nathalie OGHLIAN
Maaike NEUVILLE
Pierre VAN HEDDEGEM
Olivier PRÉMEL
Eric LARCIN
Albert JEUNEHOMME
A SON AT SEA
TECH DETAILS
Director: Alexis van Stratum
Writers: Grégory Lecocq, Alexis van Stratum
Producer: John Engel
Production company: Cinéastes Associés
Executive Production Company: Left Field Ventures
Cast: Hervé Guerrisi, Nicole Colchat, Cachou Kirsch, Maaike Neuville
Year: 2009
Nationality: Belgium
Running Time: 78 minutes
Format: DCP
Aspect Ratio 1:2.35
Original language: French
Subtitles: English
Release Dates
Benelux DVD : 2011 (Imagine Films)
FESTIVALS :
French-speaking International Film Festival, Namur, 2010
BE Film Festival, Brussels, 2010
Quinzaine du Cinéma Francophone, Paris, 2010
French-speaking Film Festival, UNESCO, Paris, 2011
réalisé avec le soutien de Bruxelles Invest & Export
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