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Slocum (Slocum et Moi)

Director(s): Jean-François Laguionie
Producer(s): MELUSINE STUDIO
JPL Films (FR)
Script: Jean-François Laguionie, Anik Le Ray
Year: 2024
Genre: Portrait
Original version: French
Running time: 75'
Synopsis

July 1, 1950, Pierre begins the construction of the replica of the «Spray» in the garden of his suburban house on the banks of the Marne river . Geneviève and her son, François, are enlisted for the occasion . The latter has just turned 11 . . . He is passionate about this project and the tutelary figure of Slocum, symbols of freedom . The construction of the sailboat, like the voyage of Slocum that François lives day by day, last a few years, during which Pierre shows himself more and more distant from the maritime adventure . . . and rather centered on the construction of a family . Unusual for the time . . . Nevertheless this adventure of creating the boat will be the journey of all three of them . A founding adventure for the teenager who learns to build his dreams, with the seriousness and perseverance that suits imaginary adventures . . .

Casting

Grégory Gadebois, Coraly Zahonero, Elias Hauter, Sébastien Faglain, André Marcon

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