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bodies of water (2024)
The VR film Bodies of water (Une eau la nuit, in french) invites you to hold your breath and let yourself be transported and transformed by water in the company of curious individuals. As night falls, they invade a public swimming pool. These bodies of water, immersed in the watery mass, transgress the limits of their natural environment and metamorphose. They then engage in a contemporary dance that reveals them differently. The aquatic environment makes them supple and light, but also vulnerable and combative. This poetic mass, encompassing and suffocating, unites, separates, and constitutes them. Bodies of water explores the transformation of human bodies as they interact with water—a fluid and adaptable medium that simultaneously presents resistance. It takes you underwater for an immersive experience that unfolds an uncommon and otherwise inaccessible contemporary dance.
CREDITS
Directors: Chélanie Beaudin-Quintin, Caroline Laurin-Beaucage
Production: art et essai (Jeanne-Marie Poulain, Laurence Wells, Irène Bessone, Line Sander Egede, Anaëlle Béglet, Rémi Dufresne)
Running Time: 10 minutes
Main Cast: Léonie Bélanger, Rachel Harris, Jimmy Chung, Rowan Mercille, Luca “Lazylegz” Patuelli, Emmanuel Jouthe, Emmanuelle Martin, Marie-Ève Quiliquot, Diana Léon, Lorenzo Serafino, Alida Esmail, Ciro Melgaço, Cara Roy
Screenplay: freely based on an original screenplay by Oriane Morriet
Cinematographer: Pierre Mainville, Emmanuel Béhier-Migeon - Aquamedias
Editor: Chélanie Beaudin-Quintin Alain Baril - Studio Post- Kopic
Costume Designer: Camille Thibault-Bédard
Music: Vincent Legault
Sound: Bruno Bélanger - PRIM, Sabin Hudon, Léonardo Lamela
Technical team: Sylvain - PostPix Louis-Philippe, Benjamin Huppé - UP2VR
Premiered at Venice Immersive 2024 (81st Mostra de Venise)
