ATIVIO, PIECES OF WOOD

France
2023

Director: Juliette Boucheny

Language: French with English subtitles

Guénolé, an 11-year-old boy, lives in a very small village called Agotimé Adamé, three hours from Lomé in Togo, West Africa. He has an obvious musical sensitivity and dreams of playing the piano. He will manage to practice without having one.

Screenings

23 July | 12:30 | Suncoast 8

Credits

Director

Juliette Boucheny

Producer

André Bouvard

Screenplay

Juliette Boucheny

Cinematography

Naomi Amarger

Cast

Guénolé Hodikou, Claire Hodikou

Runtime

26 min

Juliette Boucheny

Juliette is a France and Togo-based screenwriter, director, and actress. She studied drama at the Ecole du Jeu in Paris, then learned to screenwrite by working on the development of various film series created by Groupe Elephant. In 2019, she wrote and directed PERLE, her first short film. Inspired by her grandmother, it tackles the subjects of femininity and desire in the last few days of a woman’s life. She wanted to explore this subject to take on the taboo of old age and show the beauty and sexuality of older women. Meanwhile her second film project ATIVIO, was awarded Best Screenplay at the Festival Côté Court 2020.
DIFF 2023

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