Pauline Curnier Jardin — Films

Pauline Curnier Jardin shot Hearts of Flint (2012) in Noisy-le-Sec, a Paris suburb traumatised by bombings in 1944. The film is a portrait of characters who rebuilt their lives in the ruins of the city: an ally, an occupier, a child, a mystic, an educator and a witch. Curnier Jardin worked for four days with six actors who improvised in public space: they appropriated the city as a theatrical backdrop. Inspired by tragic stories of the war, the characters' stories ultimately overlap. Against the reality of Noisy-le-Sec, with its football club, bar and war monuments, they compose a punk epic that unfolds outside time. The space is both pre- and post-apocalyptic.

The film is at the intersection of performance, documentary, science fiction and a kind of survival video. It is reminiscent of Ulrike Ottinger's films, in which outsiders and parallel worlds contribute to the rebuilding of Berlin after the war. Along with Christoph Schlingensief, Ottinger is an important source of inspiration for Curnier Jardin

Credits:
Direction: Pauline Curnier Jardin
Image: Pauline Curnier Jardin and Alexis Kavyrchine
Editing: Maéva Dayras
Sound: Pierre Desprat
Production: La Galerie de Noisy-le-Sec
language: french, german, spanish, english with english or french subtitles
with: Simon Fravega d'Amore, Viviana Moin, Eric Abrouga,
Mia Depret, Marguerite Vappereau et Tobias Haberkorn
Courtesy of the artist and ChertLüdde, Berlin and Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam