Simply Divine / Pur și simplu divin / Preprosto božansko

Mélody Boulissière, Bogdan Stamatin (Novanima, Safe Frame, AMOPIX)
2024, Romania, France, 14’

1939. A soldier meets a young woman. Their love story begins. The soldier is called to the front and their love dissolves in the war. 2014. During a long interview, the 91-year-old woman recounts the secrets of a forgotten time, revealed for the last time. What remains of a love story after three quarters of a century and a world war?

Leto 1939. Vojak spozna mlado žensko in njuna ljubezenska zgodba se začne. A kmalu je vpoklican na fronto, njuna ljubezen pa se razblini v vihri vojne. Leto 2014. Med dolgim intervjujem 91-letna gospa obuja skrivnosti pozabljenega časa in jih razkrije še zadnjič. Kaj sploh ostane od ljubezenske zgodbe po treh četrtinah stoletja in svetovni vojni?

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Language: Romanian
Recommended for children under 14 years old: No
Technique: Paint-on-glass, Cut-out animation, Pixilation, live

Team

Written and directed by Bogdan Stamatin, Mélody Boulissière 
Animation: Mélody Boulissière, Andrei Berculescu, Dorel Mărgărit, Charlotte Arene, Pauline Joury, Johanna Bouaouiche, Cosmin Tudor Sîrbulescu, Charlotte Pirotais, Judith Poillot, Thuc Nghi Quach, Ulysse Farges
Music: Pierre Oberkampf
Producer: Production: Marc Faye (Novanima Productions)
Co-producers: Mihai Mitrică (Safeframe), Mathieu Rolin (AMOPIX)

Melody Boulissere

graduated from ENSAD (Paris) and La Poudrière (Valence, France). Her graduation film, "Ailleurs" (Somewhere), was selected at Cinefondation of Festival de Cannes in 2016. She is co-author and co-director of "Patouille", a children's series about discovering plants, currently in production with Miyu Production and France Télévisions. 

Find more: www.melodyboulissiere.com

Bogdan Stamatin

filmmaker and cultural manager. Trained at KADK Copenhagen & semester in NID Ahmedabad, India. First short “One week max two” (2018) screened at Festival d’Aubagne and others in France, Austria and Romania. Founder and director of Câmpulung Film Fest, currently manager at the Wood Art Museum, Romania. 

Find more: www.bogdanstamatin.com