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Joachim Gatti, variation de lumière

2009 · 2 min

A brief, sober meditation on injury and injustice, watching light and testimony with quiet, unblinking patience.

Overview
Joachim Gatti, is the grand-son of the director and filmmaker Armand Gatti. During a demonstration in Montreuil, he lost an eye, hit by a “flashball” fired from a policegun.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • justice
  • violence
  • power
  • politics
  • trauma
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror3
Humour0
Realism9
Romance0
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Jean-Marie Straub
Written by
Jean-Marie Straub
Starring
Jean-Marie Straub
Cinematography
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Runtime
2 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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