Biopic or Charles-Geneviève-Louis-Auguste-André-Timothée is a film about three young adults bound by a structure and architecture and their growing desire to leave home.
SHORT SYNOPSIS
The film opens with Louis, the patriarch and gatekeeper of the estate, deep in taxonomic study. He is steeped in a tradition of measurement and naming - he guards it well. Charlie, Lu and Andrea, young adults who are also under his watch, feel themselves limited by his expectations, and are bound to the structure of the Estate. Louis continues working towards his dream of naming a new plant, and gaining recognition in the eyes of Royalty, whilst Charlie, Lu and Andrea slowly discover unknown parts of the building, and of themselves. As they begin to imagine how their lives could be different, they become unrecognisable. Both journeys are punctuated by poetry, by The Royal Taxonomical Society, and by visits to the Royal Palace of Potatoes.
In the spirit of reconciliation, the House of Deon acknowledges the Kaurna people, Traditional Custodians of the land on which this project began and was concluded. We pay our respect to Elders past and present, acknowledge their connections to land, sea and community, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
A House of Deon film
Written and Directed by Madison Bycroft
Produced by Molly O’Connor
Score by Robin Rutenberg
Directors of Photography
Joel White
Linda Qibaa
Light Design Vera Martins
Costume Design Silvia Romanelli
Production Manager: Sophie Lvoff
Assistant Director Samantha Steele
Featuring
Eli Ligonnet Lam as Andrea
Nana (Anaïs Pinay) as Lu
George Cizeron as Charlie
Dolly West as Louis
Also featuring
Martine Delor as Marguerite Duras
Azani Ebengou as The Hoopoe
Nini Hu as The Flamingo
Rona Tunnadine as The Kestrel
Leo Landon Barret and Roya Zahra Shadmand
As The Fugues
Anouchka Oler-Nussbaum as the Potato Queen
Gabriel Greffier as the Potato King
Arthur Eskenazi as The Page
Felipe Vasquez as The Jester
Jon Sayer and Flora Bonnet as Musicians of the Court
Elia David as The Saw Player
Silvia Romanelli as The Faceless Harpist
Sophie Lvoff as The Bus Driver
Editors:
Madison Bycroft
Justine Miel
Colour Grade and Stripe Joel White
Post production consultant Sam Matthews
Location Recording and Sound Design by Robin Rutenberg
Sound Mix by Yvonne Murray
Mix Facility Adelaide Studios
Production Designer Madison Bycroft
Hair and Make-up Artist Silvia Romanelli
Best Boy Electric Jérôme Baudouin
Data Wrangler Nathaniel Wooding
Research and Archive Assistant - Joel White
Casting Directors:
Madison Bycroft and Sophie Lvoff
Site Manager Oriane Jouno
On-Set Photographer Sophie Lvoff
Make up assistants:
Leo Landon Barret
Arthur Eskenazi
Costume Assistants:
Mars Marsala
Svetlana Mechouia
Marie Meyer-Bisch
Julien Herrault
Arthur Eskenazi
Production Assistants:
Sofiane Aidoudi
Leo Landon Barret
Marie Boudet
Arthur Eskenazi
Samir Laghouati Rashwan
Jeanne Rocher
Jess Saxby
Roya Zahra Shadmand
Nathaniel Wooding
Felipe Vasquez
Script Advisors:
Robyn Bycroft
Brian Getnick
Danielle Reynolds
Kari Robertson
Jess Saxby
Roya Zahra Shadmand
Edit advisors:
Katherine MacBride
Natasha Marie Llorens
Dina Mimi
Jess Saxby
Excerpts Translated from French by
sabrina soyer
Joel White
Original Score Composed, Recorded, and Mixed by Robin Rutenberg
Score Transcription Coila-Leah Enderstein
Vocalist Anna Kohlweis
Cellist Jon Sayer
Trombonist Flora Bonnett
Additional Instrumentation by Robin Rutenberg
Additional Songs
A Chanter Mer
Written by Beatriz de Dia
c. 1175 - c. 1212
Performed by Jon Sayer, Flora Bonnett, Felipe Vasquez and Arthur Eskenazi
Licenced under Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic
The Water Is Wide or "O Waly, Waly”
Writer is unknown
A song of Scottish origin
Licenced under Creative Commons
Performed by Nana (Anaïs Pinay)
Arranged by Robin Rutenberg
Original works inside the film
The Unattended Picnic
A Poem Written and Performed by Felipe Vasquez
drawing for the movie of madison :)
By Marie Boudet, Seven A4 drawings in pen, pencil ink and paint
In Script Citations
ARISTOPHANES
The birds
Buried in a Head: African and Asian Parallels to Aesop’s Fable
Berezkin, Yuri, Duvakin, Evgeny
Virginia Woolf
The Waves
1931
Page 198
Adrienne Rich
Notes Towards a Politics of Location in ‘Blood Bread and Poetry
1984
Page 211
Léonora Miano
L’impératif Transgressif,
2016
page 46.
Excerpt Translated by sabrina soyer
Édouard Glissant
La Cohée du Lamentin
2005
Page 11-12
Excerpt Translated by Madison Bycroft
Simone Weil
Gravity and Grace
Section “Decreation”
1947
Page 39
Costume Citations
The Fugues costumes, inspired by
Tim Walker, Mexican Vogue, 2019, with Michael Hoppen Gallery.
The King and Queens HeadPieces, inspired by
Fellini Satyricon by Federico Fellini
1969
Thanks to
Aurélia Defrance
Triangle France
Château de La Foltière
Oriane Jouno
Ferocious K
Orestis Athanasopoulos Antoniou
Robyn Bycroft
Aurore Cobos
La Compagnie Les 3 Valoches
Caroline Gicquel
Ferocity Ó Coinneáin
Laura Nikolov
Financed with the assistance of
The South Australian Film Corporation
Commissioned by
Samstag Museum of Art, University of South Australia
SALA Festival and with the support of UnitCare
This project, BIOPIC, was selected by the sponsorship commission of the Foundation Des Artistes to receive their support.
Shot on location at Les ateliers Des Artistes de la ville de marseille, Château de la Foltière, and several locations in and around Marseille, France
For enquiries please contact madibycroft@gmail.com
or mollyminka.oc@gmail.com