Pompei
Near an excavation site lies a barren, desert-like area inhabited by a gang of young people. Toxou is the oldest and the leader of the pack, while Jimmy, still barely a boy, has made Victor his role model. Everyone wears jeans and a T-shirt and knows that sooner or later, it is time to take up smoking. Lost cowboys digging for relics of a past civilization, they are caged in the freedom of a strange, seemingly deserted wasteland. The arrival of a girl called Billie awakens Victor’s desire to escape – much to Toxou’s chagrin. Calm and restless, with echoes of James Dean and Lord of the Flies, this film by Anna Falguères and John Shank tells a tale of liberation through powerful, otherworldly imagery.
With
- Garance Marillier (Billie)
- Aliocha Schneider (Victor)
- Auguste Wilhelm (Jimmy)
- Vincent Rottiers (Toxou)
- Judit Williquet (Hélène)
Crew
Directors | Anna Falguères, John Shank |
Screenplay | Anna Falguères, John Shank |
Cinematography | Florian Berutti |
Editing | Julie Brenta |
Music | Dear Criminals |
Sound | Emmanuel De Boissieu, Olivier Calvert, Bernard Gariépy Strobl |
Production Design | Alina Santos |
Costumes | Claire Dubien |
Make-Up | Caroline Philipponnat |
Assistant Director | Christèle Agnello |
Casting | Patricia Guyotte |
Production Manager | Hélène Pigeard-Benazera |
Producers | Joseph Rouschop, Valérie Bournonville, Clément Duboin, Luc Déry, Kim McCraw, Jasmyrh Lemoine |
Executive Producers | Karim Cham, Florence Cohen |
World sales
The Party Film Sales
Produced by
Tarantula Belgique
Good Fortune Films
Anna Falguères
A French production designer, author and photographer, she has worked on films by directors including Mia Hansen-Løve, Catherine Corsini and Joachim Lafosse. Pompei is her debut film as a director.
Filmography
2019 Pompei
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2020
John Shank
Born in Bloomington, Indiana, he developed his first feature film, Last Winter, in the Cannes Cinéfondation programme. In 2011, the film screened at the Giornate degli Autori in Venice and at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Filmography
2000 Un veau pleurait, la nuit; short film 2003 Les mains froides; short film 2007 Abandon; short film 2011 Last Winter 2019 Pompei
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2020