Photograph courtesy La Biennale di
Venezia
Venice 71: Film Festival – Le Dernier
Coup de Marteau - Alix Delaporte. Le Dernier Coup de Marteau directed by Alix
Delaporte stars Romain Paul, Clotilde Hesme, Gregory Gadebois, Candela Pena and
Tristan Ulloa. When he first enters the
Montpellier Opera House, Victor knows nothing about music. Nor does he know his
father, Samuel Rovinski, who is there to conduct Mahler’s 6th Symphony. To
change the course of his suddenly uncertain future, for Nadia his mother, for
Luna whom he has fallen in love with, Victor has decided to step out of the
shadows. He’ll go as far as he needs to.
Above. Young actor Romain Paul in the part of Victor.
photograph ASAC - courtesy La Biennale di Venezia
Le Dernier Coup de Marteau. Director Alix Delaporte explains, “In my
films, there aren’t many words. That isn’t a goal I set myself, it just happens
that way. It’s not a matter of silence but rather of a virgin terrain. Just
like Victor on the verge of turning 14. With him, I wanted to feel the absence
of a father and the fear of losing a mother. To discover classical music with
him and immerse him in an orchestra in the midst of rehearsals. And what
mattered to me most of all was bringing this boy to experience his first
artistic emotion.”
Above. Director Alix Delaporte on the red carpet at the premiere of her film.
Photograph courtesy La Biennale di
Venezia
Le Dernier Coup de Marteau. Gregory Gadebois in the
part of orchestra director Samuel Rovinski.
