Solange Fernex died in september 2006. She was one of the very first activists at the beginning of the ecological fight. This film is a portrait of her who first defend the architectural heritage of her country and also nature and animal life : ecology started at the door of her home.
Then, during the seventies, she was fighting with success against the pollution of industry and especially against nuclear power station. She became Member of the European Parliament during the nineties and continue her fight against weapons, nuclear or not. In this film, shot in her countryside, some months before her death, she tell us her choices, her enthusiasm for ecology, and we discover her own archive film material shot with a super 8 camera during these successful fights of the seventies.
This film will be soon available in a long version for DVD.
technical data :
duration
27 minutes
camera
Daniel Coche
sound
Richard Harmelle
editing
Ben Gehant
music
Jean-Sébastien Bach
sound mixer
Marc Rodicq
coproduction
dora films France / 3 Alsace
grants
Centre national de la Cinématographie
Communauté urbaine de Strasbourg, Région Alsace
festivals
Envirofilm Banska BystricaSlovakia 2007, EKOTOP Bratislava Slovakia 2007, Matsalu International Nature Film Festival Estonia 2007
Several times each year, they are 13.000 Km away from home, in a hospital in Laos. They come from Luxemburg, Strasbourg, Freiburg: they are surgeons, pediatricians, nurses, anaesthetists,...
A man in the countryside, accompanied by his valet and his linen maid. Mister is ill, Mister travels, Mister is scared. Nothing can be done. Mister tries to stimulate himself, to react, but his will seems to collide with the strength of madness. Delirium begins.
"Six years ago, my wife announced me that I was going to become a father. I took my camera and I filmed for the next nine months, toward offthefearwithin me."
