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Récréations

Year
1992
Country
France
Duration
54’
Director
Claire Simon

There is a kind of country, tiny, so small that it resembles a theatre set. It is inhabited two or three times per day by its people. The inhabitants are small as well. Even if they live under certain laws, they repeatedly call them into question, which leads them to fight violently with each other. This country is called ‘the Playground’ and its people ‘the Children’. When the Children go into the Playground, they discover and feel the ‘force of sentiment or human servitude’ – this is called ‘Playtime’.

CREW:
Director: Claire Simon
Cinematographer: Claire Simon
Editor: Suzanne Koch
Sound: Dominique Lancelot
Production
Les Films d'Ici, La Sept ARTE
Sales:
Sophie Dulac Distribution, Les Films d'Ici
Director
Claire Simon

Claire Simon was born in London. She first worked as an editor, and then shot several short films and documentaries before making her first feature film, A Foreign Body, in 1997. In addition to working as a director and screenwriter, Claire Simon is a cinematographer and actress.

 

Selected Filmography

Récréations (1992), At All Costs (1995), A Foreign Body (1997), 800 km of Difference (2001), Mimi (2002), On Fire (2006), God’s Offices (2008), Gare du Nord (2013), Human Geography (2013), The Woods Dreams Are Made Of (2015), The Competition (2016), Young Solitude (2018)

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The Village
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The Village
Year
2019
Country
France
Director
Claire Simon
Duration
520’
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The Woods Dreams Are Made of
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The Woods Dreams Are Made of
Year
2015
Country
France, Switzerland
Director
Claire Simon
Duration
144’
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Young Solitude
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Young Solitude
Year
2018
Country
France
Director
Claire Simon
Duration
100’
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