A life like any other
Une vie comme une autre
by Faustine Cros
SYNOPSIS
My father immortalised, in family films, the most beautiful moments of his life, while my mother’s difficulties hit the blind spot in his images. Today, I revisit these films to tell another story: the one about a woman who sees her role as a mother gradually taking away her freedom.
Credits
A film by Faustine Cros
Image: Jean-Louis Cros, Faustine Cros
Sound: Faustine Cros
Original Music: Ferdinand Cros
Editing: Cédric Zoenen, Faustine Cros
Sound Editing: Raphaël Girardot Mixer Jean-Marc Schick
Color Grading: Eric Salleron Main
Cast: Valérie Declef-Cros, Jean-Louis Cros, Ferdinand Cros, Faustine Cros
A coproduction Dérives – Julies Freres & Les Films d’Ici – Camille Laemlé In coproduction with SIC – Sound image culture, CBA-Centre de l’Audiovisuel à Bruxelles, RTBF – Télévision Belge With the support of Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles With the participation of CNC-Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée, GSARA, Sacem, Brouillon d’un rêve de la Scam, La Culture avec la Copie Privée, Service public francophone bruxellois and Wallonia
A film developed in the framework of SoundImageCulture – SIC
more information
Duration: 68′
Languages and subtitles: French / St Fr, En
Website: https://www.derives.be/films/une-vie-comme-une-autre
Distribution: https://lightdox.com/a-life-like-any-other/
PROJECTIONS – SCREENINGS
Festival de la Cour Denis, FR, 2024
Flickers’ Rhode Island IFF, Providence, US, 2024
Beholders FF, NL, 2024
Mois du Doc – Le Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles in Paris, Paris, FR, 2024
Le reel en vue, FR, 2024
One Six International Film Festival of Debuts of the Eurasian Continent, 2023
Verzio Film Festival, Budapest, HU, 2023
SiberiaDOC IFF – Audience Award, Novosibirsk, RU, 2023
EU Human Rights Film Days by Puruli Culture & Art, 2023
Inconvenient Films Festival / Nepatogus Kinas, Vilnius, LT, 2023
Trevignano Filmfest – Opening Film, Trevignano, IT, 2023
Five Lakes Filmfestival, DE, 2023
Rencontres du Film Documentaire de Mellionnec, Mellionnec, FR, 2023
HEIMAT EUROPA Filmfestspiele, DE, 2023
Biografilm – Nuovi Talenti Award, Bologna, IT, 2023
ethnocineca – International Documentary Film Festival Vienna / Undehill Festival – Audience Award, Vienna, AT, 2023
Crossing Europe, Linz, AT, 2023
Festival Imagésanté, FR, 2023
One World Prague, Prague, CZ, 2023
Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Short Films, EG, 2023
L’Alternativa, Barcelona, ES, 2022
World Premiere: DOK Leipzig International Competition, Leipzig, DE, 2022Awards
Festival de cinéma En ville – Best Belgium Film Award – Special Mention Best International Feature, Brussels, BE, 2023
Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Short Films – Best Film Award, Ismailia, EG, 2023
Special Mention in International Feature Film competition at L’Alternativa 2022
Don Quixote International Feature Film Special Mention at L’Alternativa 2022
JURY STATEMENTS
“We chose to award a film that has a personal point of view on a universal societal subject, without miserabilism and with a filmmaker’s point of view, fluid and captivating.”
Special Mention in the International Competition at Festival de cinéma En Ville! 2023
“A very important film that touches the heart of the conflict between cinema and life but also between men and women, and that shows and does not give a lesson. It is a film that traces a path of rehabilitation through understanding while being very tender.”
Best Feature Documentary Award at Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Short Films 2023
“Through a clever assemblage of family footage and newly shot material, the director has transformed a personal narrative into a cinematic work, creating an imperfect family portrait, with tenderness and humor. It is a remarkable film that blends personal intimacy and political relevance. This film fills a rather blind spot in cinema by exploring the complex subject of depression and the challenges of motherhood. It questions the tight relationship between filming life and living it, and what cinema can provide as answers to our questions. It is an ode to freedom through a human gaze, unconfined by walls, celebrating movement.” Scam Award for Best Documentary, 2022
