The law of waves

Directed by Tiphaine Reusa

Synopsis:
This film is a metaphor of the covid 19 pandemic. By highlighting the various controversies that emerged, and the carelessness in which it began. This upheaval will change the habits of all the inhabitants.

Director Statement:
This film unfolds in a small world within a big city, immersed in a mundane and monotonous daily life. Emma, the main character, embodies the archetype of the Parisian young woman: in her thirties, gentle, single, drifting through her professional routine with carefree abandon. Amidst denial and uncertainties, water rises in the urban landscape. Water materially symbolizes COVID-19, marking the beginning of my poetic testimony. It juxtaposes Emma's free spirit with the city's confinement. She improvises her understanding of the situation with whatever means she has, leading to the evolution of water from a mere river to an ocean. The world is submerged in an ocean amid waves of transmission. The successive trials force Emma to change, to observe the world around her, and to seek her new freedom amidst health measures. "Creating is not being satisfied with our world" - F. Pessoa. During this indefinite period of COVID, I refuse to forget the system that, it seems, has condemned us to its authority. In my view, the principles of a republic that advocates for freedom, equality, and fraternity have long been nothing but a facade, obscuring the daily reality. And it's during this period that everything has been revealed.