West Point

A succession of 12 short films more or less experimental aiming at transgressing any idea of norms. Those who animate the Queer Factory collective are gay, lesbian, bi, trans. and/or heterosexual. Their objective: to show the political sex of art.

"Ciao Bella Ciao" was produced in reaction to the score of the Front National in the first round of the French presidential elections in 2002. The montage is structured from shots of Marseille and its surroundings, where Laurence Rebouillon grew up. Ciao Bella Ciao was shot in Super 8 and kinescoped in 35mm, using tests of Super 8 negative film and rushes from her previous Super 8 films. This film evokes memories of a homosexual love breakup and draws up an observation of the recurring racism of the petty bourgeoisie of Marseille. The text scrolls in a voice-over, to an aria from the Marriage of Figaro played on the piano ...

After bombardments, cities often keep traces of defeat in their walls. Johan, about fifty, haunted by memories, comes back in the city of Marseille, where he grew up. He joins there his young lover, who proposes him another way of struggle : dancing outside, in the streets.