That Kind of Summer | Press Conference Highlights | Berlinale 2022
Press conference highlights for "That Kind of Summer" (Un été comme ça) with: Denis Côté (director), Aude Mathieu, Larissa Corriveau, Laure Giappiconi, Anne Ratte Polle and Samir Guesmi. Monday, February 14, 2022 at the Berlinale Press Centre. Part of the Berlinale's 2022 Competition. About the film: Three hypersexual women are spending 26 days in a quiet house by the lake. They are: Léonie (serious), Eugénie (impulsive) and Gaëlle aka Geisha (flirtatious). All three are here voluntarily. They are being supervised by a social worker and, less closely, by a therapist. The motto of the undertaking: “hypersexuality is not a disease”. The aim of this experiment is not to heal but rather to enable a frank exploration of different experiences, forms and extremes of desire. It all takes place half-naked and fully clothed, verbally and physically, and in imagination and reality. The fact that the project staff are, if not affected, at least a little moved, is hardly surprising and corresponds to the viewer’s situation. Unlike any other proponent of contemporary cinema, Denis Côté succeeds in creating dynamic cinematic spaces (sets, settings, constellations) in which experiences (psychological, physical, intellectual) may be seen as a game and, precisely because of this, can be used to pursue reality. Sometimes at a discreet distance, at others transgressively close, the camera swirls around the protagonists in this dance of trauma and lust. Norms are deconstructed, the present becomes tangible and the future conceivable. Cinema is – vibration. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR BERLINALE CHANNEL HERE ► https://bit.ly/BerlinaleYouTube CHECK OUT ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/berlinale/ ► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/berlinale ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/berlinale ► LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/berlinale ► Website: https://www.berlinale.de ► Newsletter: https://bit.ly/BerlinaleNewsletter #Berlinale #DenisCôté #LarissaCorriveau #AnneRattePolle
