In His Image

Antonia is a young photojournalist from the island of Corsica, in southern France. Through her life, various episodes in Corsica's political history are depicted, with a narrative that spans from the 1980s to the early 21st century. Her journalistic lens and passion for Pascal, a young activist from the National Liberation Front of Corsica, intertwine the specific tensions of this context with the universal story of a woman striving to forge her own path. The film reflects on the nature of photography and the life it represents.

Discussion with Thierry de Peretti.

Duration: 110’
Production year: 2024
Country: FR
Language: FR Subtitles: PT, EN

Cannes Film Festival 2024 – Official Selection – Quinzaine des Cinéastes
Brussels Film Festival 2024 – International Competition

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Thierry de Peretti

Thierry de Peretti was born on the island of Corsica, in southern France, in 1970. He began his career at Cours Florent, a theatre school, where he trained as an actor. Over the following years, he participated in several plays and films. In 2001, he won the Prix de la Révélation Théâtrale de l'Année from the National Syndicate of Critics for his role in Le Retour au désert by Bernard-Marie Koltès. De Peretti is also a theatre and film director. In 2006, he directed his first short film, Le jour de ma mort. In 2011, he directed a medium-length film, Sleepwalkers, and two years later, his first feature film, The Apaches, which premiered at the Quinzaine des Cinéastes at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2017, A Violent Life premiered at Semaine de la Critique in Cannes. Four years later, his third feature film premiered in the Official Competition of the San Sebastián Film Festival, where it won the Jury Award for Best Cinematography and was nominated for a César Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. His most recent film, In His Image, premiered at the Quinzaine des Cinéastes.

Original title: À son Image

Thierry de Peretti

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