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The Mechanics of Things
DIRECTOR: Alessandra Celesia
101 minutes | FRANCE, Germany
It all began with:
A broken and battered father and his daughter who dreams of “fixing” him.
A cat falling from the 8th floor and becoming a paraplegic.
A medical experiment involving 12 paralysed people in China. A road accident in Italy.
And this is how The Mechanics of Things brought it all together in a crazy collective adventure to try and fix the unfixable.
About
Production: Films de Force Majeure, Dirk Manthey Film
Release: 6 décembre 2023
France distribution: Tangente Distribution
World sales: Lightdox
TV Broadcast: Arte TV – 01.13.2025
Gallery
Support
In coproduction with ZDF in collaboration with ARTE – La Lucarne Eurimages, Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (dev. & prod.), CNC – Fonds d’aide à l’innovation, Film Commission Vallée d’Aoste, MOIN Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, Ciclic (dev.), PROCIREP – Société des producteurs, ANGOA
Project selected at
Les Arcs – Work in Progress 2021, When East Meets West – EWA Recognition award 2021
Crew
Writer & Director Alessandra Celesia
Director of Photography François Chambe
Sound Engineer Marilou Cuffini-Fabre
Editor Nicolas Milteau
Postproduction coordinator Nora Bertone
Executive producer Luca Bich – L’Eubage
Production manager Jérôme Nunes
Producers Jean-Laurent Csinidis, Dirk Manthey
Technical sheet
Documentary
Format HD
Sound 5.1, stéréo
Length 101 minutes
Colour
Visa Number 154.839
FESTIVALS
Rome International Documentary Festival – RIDF (Italy) – Best Photography Award
Sguardi Altrove Film Festival (Italy)
Torino Film Festival (Italy)
Les Etats généraux du Film Documentaire – Lussas – Expériences du regard (France)