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202269 minPGdocumentary

It's Party Time

202269 minPGdocumentary

Five years of footage captured on a Hi8 camcorder documents a group of friends in France as they navigate high school life and their shared experiences.

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Five years of footage captured on a Hi8 camcorder documents a group of friends in France as they navigate high school life and their shared experiences.

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Léo Liotarddirector

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Léo Liotard revisits his youth in France, where he filmed friends from 1995 to 2000 with a Hi8 camcorder. The footage captures moments of high school life, including smoking firecrackers, watching movies, and listening to music. These grainy images now serve as a portal to a past filled with hopes and lost connections, including memories of a deceased friend. Liotard reflects on how cinema allows for a reclamation of time and memory.

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