C'est pas moi + Allégorie citadine
Cinema Forum Groningen
Nieuwe Markt 1, 9712KN Groningen GroningenTwo short films. In the first collage, Leos Carax delves into his own work. This is followed by Allégorie citadine (Alice Rohrwacher and JR, 2024), a short film about Plato's Allegory of the Cave and how images can distort the truth.
C'est pas moi: The Centre Pompidou asked filmmaker Leos Carax to answer the question ‘Where are you, Leos Carax?’ through images. The director of Holy Motors (2012) and Annette (2021) then created a free-style self-portrait, full of winks and references to his frenzied work. At the same time, it is a loving tribute to Jean-Luc Godard and David Bowie as well as an examination of the power and politics of image-making.
Allégorie citadine: In Allegory of the Cave, Plato wonders: what would happen if one of the prisoners managed to free himself from his chains and escape from the cave? What if that prisoner was Jay, a seven-year-old boy? After their short film Omelia contadina, Alice Rohrwacher (La Chimera) and photographer JR collaborated again on this imaginative fusion of film and philosophy, with a notable role for Leos Carax. Allégorie citadine illustrates how images - whether shadows or tangible objects - can distort or reveal the truth.