La photo retrouvée / Pierre Primetens / France / 76’ / 2024

During my childhood, I lived traumatic events, suffer abuse acts, which had impacted who I am forever. I often bring those moments back from the past, trying to understand the meaning, in order to stay alive. Today, I can unravel this story and I desire to tell it. But I have no picture of my childhood, nor of my family. They all have been lost or destroyed. I decide to tell my story, borrowing records from others.

Directed by Pierre Primetens
Written by Pierre Primetens and Lætitia Mikles
Editing Nicolas Bancilhon
Sound editing and mix N’Dembo Ziavoula
Print Matthieu Weil
Produced by Gaëlle Jones, Perspective Films, Lætitia Mikles, Night Light

Pierre Primetens
Pierre Primetens was born from a Portuguese mother and a French father. After studying art and cinema, he directed an autobiographic trilogy: Un voyage au Portugal, Des vacances à l’Île Maurice e Contre toi. La fête des garçons, one of his first films, is about the rite of passage of young boys to adulthood in the north of Portugal. His films were screened in French and international festivals (Clermond-Ferrand, Lussas, Lisboa,…) and broadcasted on European channels such as Canal+ and RTP2. He has directed radio documentaries for France Culture, as well as a portrait of Ninetto Davoli in Rome for Sur les Docks. He has directed corporate films such as the portrait of the artist Jayashree Chakravarty in Calcutta for the Musée Guimet. He leads directing workshops (France, Portugal, Spain, Brazil…), he is a member of Casa de Velázquez, French Academy in Madrid.