Little Tickles
Another View 2018 / Les chatouilles / France 2018
Fact, memories and imaginings merge together in this explosive drama, in which dancer, actress, screenwriter and director Andréa Bescond processes her own traumatic experiences as a child who was sexually abused by a family friend. This rousing picture, incorporating moments of humour despite its weighty theme, was a hit at Cannes this year.
Synopsis
Fact, memories and imaginings merge together in this explosive drama, in which dancer, actress, screenwriter and director Andréa Bescond processes her own traumatic experiences as a child who was sexually abused by a family friend. Her Odette is both an eight-year-old girl and a successful adult dancer struggling through the appalling encounters of long ago with the help of free-spirited dance. With regular visits to a psychotherapist Odette’s memories start to come alive, while Bescond and co-director Eric Métayer shift their focus between her outwardly carefree childhood and the reality of the present day, doing so with a remarkably free hand and an inventive production design. This rousing picture, incorporating moments of humour despite its weighty theme, was a hit at Cannes this year.
Karel Och
About the film
103 min / Color, DCP
Director Andréa Bescond, Eric Métayer
/ Screenplay Andréa Bescond, Eric Métayer
/ Dir. of Photography Pierre Aïm
/ Music Clément Ducol
/ Editor Valérie Deseine
/ Art Director Eric Barboza
/ Producer François Kraus & Denis Pineau-Valencienne
/ Production Les Films du Kiosque
/ Cast Andréa Bescond, Karin Viard
/ Sales Orange Studio
About the director
Andréa Bescond (b. 1978). Filmography: Little Tickles (Les chatouilles, 2018)
Eric Métayer (b. 1958, Paris). Filmography: Légitime violence (1982), Tous à l’Ouest: Une aventure de Lucky Luke (2007, animated), The Suicide Shop (Le Magasin des suicides, 2012, animated), Little Tickles (Les chatouilles, 2018)
Contacts
Orange Studio
Rue Jasmin 21, 75016, Paris
France
Phone: + 33 (0)1 57 36 11 11
E-mail: contact.orangestudio@orange.com
Guests
Andréa Bescond
Actress, Film Director
Eric Métayer
Film Director
