Nicolas Philibert is not only the author of the “hit”
Being and Having
, a documentary on a unique class and its teacher in Auvergne released in 2002. He has filmed many places and people.
And even animals.
La Ville Louvre
,
Le Pays des sourds
,
Nénette
and
La Maison de la radio
bear witness to this.
With
Sur l'Adamant
, the first part of a triptych within the Paris Center psychiatric centre, he won the Golden Bear at the Berlinale last February.
A recognition for a man who listens as much as he watches others.
LE FIGARO.
- You had already filmed mental illness in 1996 in
La Moindre des choses
, the story of rehearsals for a play in the La Borde psychiatric clinic.
Why come back to it today?
Nicholas PHILIBERT.
-
You have to believe that I thought it necessary to go back as if I still had things to show.
Not to say because it's a film that shows more than it says.
Also because, in the meantime, psychiatry has deteriorated a lot.
From the time of
The Lesser…
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