Histoires de la plaine

Support Christine Seghezzi's documentary! A film about the devastations caused by transgenic agriculture in the Argentinian Pampa.

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Histoires de la plaine

<p> <strong><em>Stories of the plain</em></strong><strong> takes you at the very heart of the Argentinian pampas. For fifteen years, vast fields of transgenic soybean have outplaced the farming of </strong><strong>« </strong><strong>the best meat in the world</strong><strong> »</strong><strong>. A human and ecological catastrophe recounted by the inhabitants of Colonia Hansen, a hamlet and pocket of resistance.</strong></p> <p> <strong>The shooting and editing of the film are complete. We now need your help to finalise post-production</strong> <strong>!</strong></p> <p>  </p> <p> <strong>Synopsis</strong></p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> Director Christine Seghezzi sets her camera in a small town in the Argentinian pampas, amongst endless soybean fields.</p> <p> A few houses, a flag, a school. And, where two trails meet, a customerless grocery/café/gas station.</p> <p>  </p> <p> <img alt="El_dolar-1442410815" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/232184/el_dolar-1442410815.JPG"></p> <p>  </p> <p> <strong>Why there</strong> <strong>?</strong></p> <p> Because in the last fifteen years, these lands have been through a<strong> frantic transformation, mere synonym of the economical and ecological disaster of the country.</strong></p> <p>  </p> <p> Fifteen years ago, it was the epicenter of Argentinian pampas, <strong>hub of an extensive livestock farming </strong>providing « the best meat in the world ».</p> <p> But this farming required capital, manpower, slaughterhouses, a supply chain...</p> <p>  </p> <p> <img alt="Mvi_5213-1442413658" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/232226/MVI_5213-1442413658.jpg"></p> <p>  </p> <p> <strong>Transgenic soybean farming</strong> has taken over. An easy farming, as well as profitable through exportation. But also... bringing about devastating ecological and sanitary consequences, due to massive pesticide spraying via airplanes. A dangerous weapon that has turned the land into a cancer-filled area - under the pressure of globalised capitalism laying down the law throughout the various political and financial crisis of Argentina.</p> <p>  </p> <p> <strong><em>Stories of the plain</em></strong><strong> relates this disaster, through the eyes of the inhabitants of this hamlet.</strong></p> <p>  </p> <p> <img alt="De_dos-1442413740" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/232227/de_dos-1442413740.png"></p> <p> <img alt="Lecole-1442413823" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/232232/lecole-1442413823.png"></p> <p>  </p> <p> And of course, other stories emerge. From not so long ago, when Indian tribes populated these lands. Or from even more recently, when, away from the big cities, dictatorship ruled and  wrecked.</p> <p>  </p> <p> Christine Seghezzi's unflinching filming makes these stories poignant, and redeems these men and women of the pampas, puppets of a History they may endure, but that does not fool them.</p> <p>  </p> <p> One of the last shot of the film : pampas, endless soybean fields, sunset golden light. A beautiful landscape, seemingly peaceful. Suddenly, we hear an engine. An airplane appears, and goes around the field.Twice, following the exact same route. That's how pesticide spraying becomes vivid – and so does the beauty of this threatened population.</p> <p>  </p> <p> <img alt="Avion-1442412298" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/232213/avion-1442412298.JPG"></p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> <strong>Director's statement</strong></p> <p>  </p> <p> Argentina and I have shared a long history, that has brought me to film this beloved and cherished country again and again.</p> <p>  </p> <p> In Buenos Aires I shot the film <em>Rivadavia Avenue,</em> where memories, origins and an Argentinian past « that won't go away » conjugate along this avenue known for being the longest in the world. </p> <p>  </p> <p> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="304" src="//cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fplayer.vimeo.com%2Fvideo%2F138760651&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fvimeo.com%2F138760651&amp;image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.vimeocdn.com%2Fvideo%2F534266096_1280.jpg&amp;key=ff2702755d9749cda571c6d6c2f3eb46&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=vimeo" width="540"></iframe></p> <p>  </p> <p> Since 2010, during my trips to Argentina, I have been hearing about soybeans. Harmless word that has grown to scare me. At first, I didn't get it. Soy, for me, was a healthy ingredient, mostly found in Asian food. And then I started reading, searching, watching, seeing…</p> <p> Transgenic soybean farming intruded into the Argentinian territory, sweeping everything away  : cows, wheat, corn, ancient traditions and local population, dispelled  from their lands. Mono-farming has created unforeseen diseases. It sterilizes soils that used to be the most fertile in the world. The catastrophe is ecological, sanitary, cultural.</p> <p>  </p> <p> Once it had been brought to my knowledge, it was impossible not to do something. I settled in the tiny hamlet of Colonia Hansen, right in the center of soybean production, to relate this catastrophe through tales of men and women still living and working there. In the making, I dug other stories from this place, stories that were buried under the soybean plants. </p> <p>  </p> <p> <img alt="En_tournage-1442414341" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/232233/en_tournage-1442414341.png"></p> <p>  </p> <p> The film was photographed by acclaimed Argentinian Director of Photography Willi Behnisch, and edited with exceptional editor Claire Atherton.</p> <p> But we need support to finish the film : to carry about sound editing, sound mix, and color correcting.</p> <p>  </p> <p> The stakes uncovered in this film are too high to let this project go. This is why we're asking for your help, so the film can reach theater screens in 2016.</p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> <u><strong>Good news is, if you help </strong><strong><em>Stories of the plain </em></strong><strong>out with a few euros, the most part is tax-deductible in France, because the organisation operating this fundraising can deliver tax receipts, that we will hand over to you at the end of the campaign.</strong></u></p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> <strong>In the press </strong></p> <p>  </p> <p> <img alt="6m9_argentine-1442414663" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/232236/6m9_argentine-1442414663.jpg"></p> <p> <a href="http://%20http://www.6mois.fr/Poison-legal%20" target="_blank">Revue 6 mois : Poison légal</a></p> <p>  </p> <p> <a href="http://www.lefigaro.fr/sciences/2015/04/03/01008-20150403ARTFIG00343-l-argentine-dans-la-tourmente-du-roundup.php" target="_blank">Le Figaro : L'Argentine dans la tourmente du roundup</a></p> <p>  </p> <p> <a href="http://www.mediapart.fr/journal/economie/290814/ogm-et-pesticides-le-desastre-argentin-la-guerre-transatlantique" target="_blank">Mediapart : OGM et pesticides le désastre argentin la guerre transatlantique</a></p> <p>  </p> <p> <a href="http://www.la-croix.com/Ethique/Sciences-Ethique/Sciences/La-culture-des-OGM-dans-le-monde-un-etat-des-lieux-2014-05-12-1148955" target="_blank">La croix : La culture des OGM dans le monde un état des lieux</a></p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> <strong>L’équipe du film </strong></p> <p>  </p> <p> <strong>Christine Seghezzi, la réalisatrice</strong></p> <p> Christine Seghezzi n’a jamais voulu s’enfermer ni dans le tout petit pays où elle est née (le Liechtenstein), ni dans une langue – elle en parle quatre -, ni dans une discipline. Elle pratique la photographie. En théâtre, elle a collaboré avec plusieurs metteurs en scène, soit comme traductrice, soit comme assistante de création et de mise en scène, et particulièrement avec Jorge Lavelli au Théâtre de la Colline.</p> <p> Elle est entrée dans le cinéma par les Ateliers Varan, école de documentaire reconnue, avec un film d’une grande simplicité « Chair de ta chair ». Son cinéma ne s’enferme dans aucun genre, le portrait avec Stéphane Hessel, le retour sur son pays natal (<em>minimal land</em>) et, depuis quelques années, des films fresques sur l’Argentine, un de ses pays d’adoption, à Buenos Aires avec <em>Avenida Rivadavia</em>,  en plein cœur de la pampa argentine et de la colère du peuple avec <em>Histoires de la plaine.</em></p> <p>  </p> <p> <strong>Zeugma films, la production </strong></p> <p> Zeugma films produit depuis 1996 des documentaires pour le cinéma et la télévision avec la même exigence : offrir de l’inattendu, de l’exceptionnel, de l’ambitieux.</p> <p> Des films dont le spectateur sent que ça a été vital pour l’auteur-réalisateur de le mener à bien, que c’est une aventure où son âme même est mise en jeu. Des films qui laissent le spectateur libre de penser par lui-même. Ce ne sont pas les sujets qui déterminent notre politique de production puisque seule la manière de les traiter nous importe ; ce sont des rencontres uniques entre une matière, un auteur, une équipe et nous. <em>Histoires de la plaine</em> est le quatrième film de Christine Seghezzi que nous produisons.</p> <p>  </p> <p> Depuis 2011, Zeugma films distribue également des documentaires. Le projet de ce nouvel engagement est de défendre un cinéma d’auteur, où le la politique est où le/la plus profond, où nous regardons le monde contemporain les yeux grands ouverts. Parfois émerveillés, souvent étonnés, surpris, dérangés, toujours incertains.</p> <p>  </p> <p> Pour en savoir plus : <a href="http://www.zeugmafilms.fr" target="_blank">www.zeugmafilms.fr</a></p> <p>  </p> <p> <strong>Willi Behnisch, chef opérateur</strong></p> <p> Willi Behnisch a collaboré avec de nombreux cinéastes argentins, dernièrement pour les films <em>Nosilatiaj</em><em> (La Belleza) </em>de Daniela Seggiaro (Berlinale, Berlin, 2012), <em>Por tu culpa </em>de Anahí Berneri (Berlinale 2010), <em>Hamaca Paraguaya</em> de Paz Encina (Prix FIPRESCI, Festival de Cannes, 2006)<em>, </em>Un oso rojo (Un ours rouge) de Adriano Caetano (Cannes, 2002)… Son film <em>Cantata de las cosas solas</em> a reçu le Léopard d’Or au Festival international de Locarno en 2003 et a été sélectionné dans de nombreux festivals internationaux (Cinéma du Réel, Rotterdam, Hong Kong, Bafici Buenos Aires…)</p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> <strong>Claire Atherton, la monteuse (Entretien)</strong></p> <p> Claire Atherton est une monteuse particulièrement reconnue dans le monde du cinéma.  Depuis plus de 20 ans, elle monte tous les films de Chantal Akerman, aussi bien les fictions que les documentaires.  <em>Histoires de la plaine</em> est le deuxième film de Christine Seghezzi dont elle a réalisé le montage.</p> <p>  </p> <p> Pour en savoir plus : <a href="http://noellepujol.free.fr/claireathertonsite/clairatherton.html" target="_blank">en montage avec Claire Atherton</a></p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p>

Allocation of funds

<p> <strong>Where will the money go</strong> <strong>?</strong></p> <p>  </p> <p> The film was shot in 2014 and the editing is over.</p> <p> <strong>But we do need funds to complete post-production, sound editing, sound mix and color correcting, </strong>and that's where 15 000 euros will go. This amount also insures the production of technical material <strong>necessary to the theatrical release of the film</strong> : DCP, bluray, posters. </p> <p>  </p> <p> <strong>Budget </strong></p> <p>  </p> <p> POST-PRODUCTION IMAGE                  3 000 €</p> <p>  Colour grading 4 days     </p> <p>  </p> <p>  POST-PRODUCTION SOUND                5 000 €</p> <p>   Sound editing 15 days</p> <p>   Sound mixing 7 days                 </p> <p>               </p> <p>  ENGLISH SUBTITLING                            2 000 €</p> <p>             </p> <p>  SUPPORTS OF SCREENINGS</p> <p>  (Blu-ray, DCP)                                           5 000 €</p> <p>  </p> <p>              </p> <p>  </p>

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