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Petit Samedi

2020 · 75 min

A quiet, patient documentary that sits with a man and his mother, letting small moments of tenderness and struggle accumulate into something deeply human.

Directed by
Paloma Sermon-Daï
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Damien Samedi, Ysma Sermon-Daï
Overview
Damien Samedi is 43 years old. When he was a child in his Belgian village on the banks of the river Meuse, they called him the “Petit Samedi”. To his mother, Ysma, Damien is still her child, the one she never abandoned when he got caught up in drugs. A son who sought to protect his mother despite it all, a man attempting to liberate himself from his addictions and faces his past to get through.

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Directed by
Paloma Sermon-Daï
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Damien Samedi, Ysma Sermon-Daï
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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • addiction
    • family
    • parenthood
    • isolation
    • healing
    Places
    • small town
    • home
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • true story
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror0
    Humour1
    Realism10
    Romance0
    Tension3
    Darkness6
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight8

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    Details

    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Paloma Sermon-Daï
    Written by
    Paloma Sermon-Daï
    Starring
    Damien Samedi, Ysma Sermon-Daï
    Cinematography
    Frédéric Noirhomme
    Runtime
    75 min
    Country
    Belgium
    Languages
    French

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