Le point zéro – ensemble 4

Between 1829 and 1872, farmers in the Bethmale valley in the Pyrenees opposed restrictive new forestry laws and rose up against the authorities, forest rangers and large landowners.

Unarmed, the local people carry out night actions, sabotage and acts of resistance. Through carnivalesque staging, the inhabitants created a climate of revolt that prompted the authorities to adopt amnesty measures and relax the laws of the French administration.

Today, anchored in this same valley, the Ariège folk dance association La Bethmalaise has been perpetuating the richness of its know-how for almost 35 years, offering intergenerational traditional dance shows and concerts. The meeting with this group of dancers was a determining factor in the staging and dramaturgy of this film, which hypothesizes a symbolic continuity between the peasant revolt and contemporary folk dances, carriers of a memory linking past and present.

Credits
Director: Anna Vanneau
Starring : Juliana Béjaud, Alex Cauritango, Joseph Kraft and Yoan Richard
The dancers of La Bethmalaise: Marie-Christine Baqué, Laurent Borde, Jeannot Cabos, Christine Cambon, Anne Castex, Bruno Celsi, Marc-Antoine Celsi, Violaine Celsi, Chantal Chési, Caroline Dedieu, Corinne Dénat, Claude Dutech, Laly Frèche, Michel Frèche, Josiane Frèche, Sara Garcia, Jean-Pierre Hellot, Bernard Jonis, Agnès Legendre, Elodie Lique, Maurice Lique, Ghislaine MorencayJean-Pierre Pons, Mariette Rouzeau, Josette Rumeau
Music: Benjamin Chaval and Nefeli Asteriou
Editing: Coline Godinot
Sound : Cécile Debove
Colorist: Ulysse Clastre
Production: La Zampa