Synopsis
Summer at a recreation center near Paris is in full swing, so there is no shortage of amusing situations. A glimpse into the mindset of visitors and employees of the extensive park—original French inhabitants and immigrants who, lacking the means for a more exotic vacation, come here to relax.
A word from Tënk
A break-in at a leisure complex marks the beginning of Guillaume Brac's feature-length documentary, a hedonistic excursion into a summer beach utopia.
Starting as a (beautiful) nuanced portrait of the inhabitants of working-class neighborhoods in the suburbs of Paris, momentarily escaping stigma and assumptions during a sunlit interlude, the film gradually transforms into an ode to childhood, its meandering paths, and the memories we create at all costs.
Under the filmmaker's gaze, the island of Cergy becomes a magical territory of encounters and wild exploration, celebrating the margins—the space between rules and usage that each of us interprets and occupies freely. With this film, Guillaume Brac embraces the increasingly rare gesture of filming the people. A people he observes with gentleness during their precious and well-deserved moments of rest.
Terence Chotard
Filmmaker
