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VINCENT
a film by Thomas Salvador
Production country: France
Production year: 2014
Original Title: Vincent n’a pas d’écailles
Language: French
Duration: 76 minutes
HD - 1.85 - color
1st feature film by Thomas Salvador
SYNOPSIS
Vincent is not just a young man among others. His strength, reflexes and agility increases
when in contact with water. This brand new connection with his body leads him to move closer
to lakes and rivers in order to experiment this gift. There he meets Lucie, falls in love, and
shares his secret with someone for the very first time. But when a minor incident forces him to
publicly display his extraordinary power, Vincent has to run away...
DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY
Thomas Salvador, mountaineer and acrobat, directed his first short film in 1997.
He directs five other short films, in which he is the main actor, while working as a stage
manager and assistant director on several feature films. He also hosts many video production
workshops with college students and high school and intervenes in national school screenings
programmes such as “Collège au cinéma" and "Lycéens et apprentis au cinéma".
In 2000 he is a dancer for the Julie Desprairies’ show "Ici, cette fois-ci".
He directs, in 2004, a short documentary as part of the series "Portraits" for Arte: Dans la voie.
Portrait d’un guide au travail, shot in high mountain with the mountaineer Patrick Berhault.
In 2006, he becomes a resident at the Villa Medici (Académie de France in Rome) where he
makes several videos, including Rome. He also produces a video and performance in the
context of Serge Bozon’s "La dernière Major" at the Georges Pompidou center.
His short films have been the subject of retrospectives at various events: Rendez-vous du
jeune cinema français (Moscow and St. Petersburg, 2011); Focus du Festival Côté Court
(Pantin, June 2010); Retrospective Jacques Tati (French Cinematheque, April 2009); Night of
Museums (Rodin Museum, May 2007); Evening Pointligneplan (Fémis, January 2007) ...
In 2013, he begins the shooting of Briques, an improvised small team film, which he suspends
to shoot his first feature film, Vincent.
FILMOGRAPHY
2014 : Vincent n’a pas d’écailles, feature film
2010 : "Leçons" de cinéma, short film (Arte.tv/blowup)
2009 : Rome, short film
Prix du GNCR - Festival Côté Court de Pantin
2006 : De sortie, short film
Prix Jean Vigo 2006
Prix de qualité CNC
Bayard d’or compétition internationale - Festival international du film francophone de
Namur
Prix du public - Festival du film de Vendôme
Grand prix du jury - Festival 5 jours tout court de Caen
Prix d’interprétation - Festival 5 jours tout court de Caen
Prix d’interprétation - Festival Paris Tout Court de Paris
Prix de la presse - Festival Côté Court de Pantin
Prix spécial de la presse - Festival du court métrage en plein air de Grenoble
Prix spécial du Jury Lycéen - Festival Cinessonne
2006 : Autoportrait romain, short film (Court-Circuit, Arte)
2004 : Dans la voie. Portrait d'un guide au travail, documentary short
2003 : Petits pas, short
Quinzaine des Réalisateurs (Cannes 2003)
Grand prix du jury - Festival Entrevues de Belfort
Grand prix du jury - Festival du film de Vendôme
2001 : Là ce jour, short
2000 : Une rue dans sa longueur, short
Grand Prix du jury - Festival Entrevues de Belfort
Prix de qualité du CNC
CAST
Vincent
Thomas SALVADOR
Lucie
Vimala PONS
Driss
Youssef HAJDI
Officer Le Brec
Nicolas JAILLET
Friend of Lucie
Nina MEURISSE
CREW
Director
Thomas SALVADOR
Screenplay
Thomas SALVADOR
In collaboration with Thomas CHEYSSON
and Thomas BIDEGAIN
Photography
Alexis KAVYRCHINE
Editing
Guillaume SAIGNOL
Sound
Laurent GABIOT
Jean MALLET
Olivier DO HUU
Assistant
Produced by
Producer
In coproduction with
With the participation of
Mathilde CUKIERMAN
Christmas in July
Julie Salvador
FRANCE 3 CINÉMA
CNC
CANAL +
Le Pacte
With the support of
CNC
Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
In association with
Cinémage 8
French distribution
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International sales
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