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An interactive film by Simon Bouisson, co-written with Olivier Demangel, with Noémie Merlant, Lyna Khoudri et Jean-Baptiste Lafarge, product by Cinétévé Experience, Resistance Films and France Télévisions, released on December 11, 2019.
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The fiction unfolds through three video streams taking place in the same unit of time. Three "live" videos filmed on cell phones and broadcasted for all to see on social networks.
By going from one live to the other, the spectator reveals the three stories of a choral film. The excitement of the moment, comments from fans, loss of signal: the viewer finds himself immersed in the heart of the multiple and sprawling flows of information that invade our realities on the nights of the attacks.
10 pm, on a summer evening. The sun is setting on the Place de la République.
Lucia and Rio launch a live "Urbex" and rush into the abandoned basements of the city. Live, the two teenagers share their adventure on social networks.
On the platform of the station, two young lawyers are getting ready to join friends and film themselves while waiting for the subway.
Nora and Djibril have just made love. As he leaves for work, she joins a friend for the evening.
They don't know it yet but in a few moments an attack will link their destinies and change their lives. In a few moments, they will enter the night.
The concept
Republic is an extraordinary, resolutely modern proposal. An interactive fiction that plays with the codes of live action by borrowing its flaws and hazards - filming by hand, using two angles of view. Above all, it places the spectator in a crowd of viewers, caught up in the incessant number of comments that scroll by and the number of views that increase.
An interactive film, three lives
By sliding his finger on the screen, the spectator can switch from one video to another, from one live to another. They can choose to dwell on one story, navigate from one to the other, or watch two at the same time, trying to capture the interlacing of destinies.
The comments: a character in its own right
Comments, likes, emoji: community reactions are part of the fiction. They are written in advance and serve the dramaturgy. Throughout the film the characters react to the comments. Without being fully aware of it, they are influenced by this external conversation.
Each viewing is unique
In Republic, the spectator navigates between different videos that take place at the same time. However, he always arrives at a key moment of the plot. This is no coincidence. The film is based on an algorithm that places the viewer on the key moments of the story. In this sense, as in so many others, République is an intelligent film.
The trailer
