It’s an incredible project, like the making of the film. 62 minutes, 300 amateur images drawn from the 35,000 archives of the Cinémathèque de Bretagne. “These are images taken by people passionate about cinema. As they are not professionals, there is great freedom in the way of filming. The images are superb”.
To remain faithful to this freedom which emanates from the images, the film is without commentary. “Everyone can make their own story. It’s like a poem and everyone can interpret it as they want” explains Marie Hélia in her garden in Douarnenez, a barely crushed cigarette on the edge of the ashtray.
E-TY mission collects videos from 1908 to today. Dance, music, social struggles, the sea, women, in short, “living together in Brittany”. With this latest movie, Marie Hélia fulfills a double objective. First, that of bringing together all his favorite themes in a single feature film. Then, that of introducing the region to those who have never set foot there, “as long as it takes, the extraterrestrials”.
Send the movie to the moon
No metaphor for Marie Hélia, the film will really take off into space. “It’s a bit like radio. We will transcode the image into a magnetic wave and we will send the film to the moon, which will serve as a satellite to project the film into space.” If aliens exist and wish to come to the area “they will know the Bretons, how they lived and how they live today” said, dreamily, the director, smiling.
The native of Marseille pushes her desire to “to transmit” Breton culture, which has worked a lot on memory. Even if the lifespan of electromagnetic waves is short-lived, Marie Hélia hopes to get feedback from the inhabitants of other planets and convince them to come and visit the region.
Before leaving the earth, “E-TY Mission” will circumnavigate the planet, starting with Douarnenez where it will be screened on Wednesday August 24 at 8:15 p.m. at 39 rue Louis Pasteur.