À vendredi, Robinson

A film by | Mitra Farahani

Awards

Berlinale, section Encounters: Special Jury Award

Jury statement:
“The encounter of two poets in the autumn of their lives, orchestrated by the director with mischief and a loving yet discerning regard. A playful battle of egos, that doubles as an intimate and moving meditation on language, communication and artistic creation.”

Festivals

Berlinale | world premiere (Germany, February 2022)

CPH:DOX (Denmark, March/April 2022)

Visions du réel (Switzerland, April 2022)

BAFICI (Argentina, April 2022)

Subversive Festival (Croatia, May 2022)

Athens Avant Garde Film Festival (Greece, June 2022)

Karlovy Vary IFF (Czech Republic, July 2022)

FIDMarseille (France, July 2022)

Telluride Film Festival (United-States, September 2022)

2022 | France – Switzerland – Iran – Lebanon | 96 min | DCP | Colors | HD 1.78:1 | Audio 7.1 & 5.1

Synopsis | « We should start with a correspondence, maybe we will not correspond to one another. Ebrahim can send me a letter this Friday, and I’ll answer him next Friday. So, see you Friday, Robinson! » And so, Jean-Luc Godard stages himself in his daily thought, wisely desperate, and sends images and words from Switzerland to the other side of the Channel. In his mansion in Sussex, Ebrahim Golestan tries to decode these UFO-messages and skillfully seeks to bring them back to the appearance of reason. And so on, until the day a veil falls over the two Gods on the run. Does the existence of poets still have any meaning in these times of distress? »

Cast | Ebrahim Golestan, Jean-Luc Godard

Produced by | Écran noir productions (France) — Casa Azul Films (Switzerland) — Hamidreza Pejman (Iran) — Schortcut Films (Lebanon)

Press KIT

Trailer (English subs)

"We should start with a correspondence, may be we will not correspond to one another."