Paul s'en va

Switzerland / France, February 2004
FILM, Fiction, 85 min.

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directed by: Alain Tanner
Written by: Alain Tanner
Status: In distribution
Website: www.cabproductions.ch

“Paul s'en va” takes place in an academy for dramatic arts and the protagonists are seventeen student-actors from the school, which is what they are in real life. The film is divided into four chapters: 1. The Disappearance: A professor at the school, a former militant from the sixties and seventies, has suddenly disappeared. Some students are worried, others are indifferent, a few are delighted. 2. The Tracks: Before leaving, he left his students a series of playing cards with texts to contemplate or small tasks to accomplish. 3. The World: One of the tasks is to write a sketch inspired by Alfred Jarry's “Père Ubu”. The students decide to set it in the White House in Washington, D.C. 4. The Given Word: During their lives and in their future work, these young actors will be the conveyors of the word: that of past and present authors. They will thus take it up and pass it on to others.

Un mondo sta sparendo, e le sue ultime tracce non servono più a capire e ad interpretare il nuovo mondo caotico, in cui non vi è più rispetto per i rapporti umani. Non riuscendo più a capire ed ad apprezzare il nuovo mondo, Paul B., insegnante, getta la spugna e se ne va. La scomparsa dell’insegnante getta nell’insicurezza i suoi scolari, mettendoli in crisi, ma al contempo costringendoli a fare i conti con le loro esigenze e i loro desideri.