The young co-directors Sarah Salem and Marie-Chloé Racine create a film that is imbued with accuracy and fragility. In the form of a message in a bottle, a letter to someone who “has never known the islands”, 3 young islanders on the verge of adolescence authentically express their love for their native land and their fears of witnessing it disappear as a result of erosion and rising sea levels. The issue of climate change is a prevalent one nowadays, but it takes on a transcendent dimension when it threatens to wipe out the very soil on which you were born. A far cry from any form of indecency, this bittersweet portrait takes the time to capture the daily life spread over more than one season, as well as the hopes and dreams of the younger generation. Those who wistfully watch the tourist trains go by. The images, which alternate between beautiful landscapes and moments of intimacy, are filmed from the point of view of the young protagonists successfully rendering a seamless tableau. Vanishing Point is a masterclass in bona fide documentary filmmaking, from directors who live and breathe alongside their subjects.

Jean-Philippe Catellier
Programming and Broascasting Manager
Paraloeil

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