Synopsis
Following a loss of independence, Marie-Thérèse, 80 year-old, leaves her house to move into a home.
She discovers an institutionalised environment, where communal meals and workshops were the order of the day. Adapting to this new life is difficult, she expresses her distress to a relative, my mother Eliane.
With her help, Marie-Thérèse tries to find a way out and looks for her new place.
Teaser
Documentary Film
Documentary film
Title : As long as the heart hold
Genre : documentary
Duration : 52 minutes
Language: French / english subtitles
Country : Belgium
Year : 2024
Format : Color / 16/9 / HD
Broadcast : DCP 2K
Shooting in Normandy from 2014 to 2020
Crew
Director, Image : Sonia Ringoot
Camera assistant : Mathieu Haessler
Editing : Geoffroy Cernaix, Sonia Ringoot
Sound : Sonia Ringoot, Philippe Charbonnel
Image grading : Jean Minetto
Sound effect : Céline Bernard & Fanny Roy
Sound recording : Joachim Glaude
Subtitle : Tongue Untied Translation
Catering : Eliane Fiquet
Assistant : Sandrine Perrin
Producer
Cineke asbl
Aurélia Balboni , Sonia Ringoot
CINEKE
in co-production with l’Atelier de production du GSARA :
Stefanie Bodien , Renaud Bellen,
Valentina Masi
With the support of Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles
With
Marie Thérèse Baucher – Vandepopuliere
Éliane Fiquet
Estelle Fiquet
Marguerite Vandepopuliere
Les enfants: Paul Haessler, Armand Ringoot-Maillard, Gabriel Vicaire, Hanna Vicaire, Alex Haessler et Louis Ringoot-Maillard
Musique : Fantasie en Fa mineur, D.940 pour piano à quatre mains de Franz Schubert interprétée par Arthur and Lucas Jussen
Thanks to
Le personnel, la direction et les résidents de la résidence Reine Mathilde
Le personnel et la direction de la résidence les deux Fontaines
Le personnel de la Pharmacie de la cathédrale
Le personnel des Pompes Funèbres Marbrerie Loison
Chantal Marguerite, Famille Declercq, Sandrine Perrin, Magali Ringoot, Pauline Ringoot-Maillard, Anne-Marie Fiquet, Laurence Langlois , Roger Balboni, Rosine Mbakam, Camille Fontenier, Loic Villiot, Philippe Boucq, Manon Coubia, Nicolas François, Javier Packer Comyn
Special thanks to
Geoffroy Cernaix for his production support
GSARA and its team
and
Mathieu Haessler, Aurélia Balboni
Diffusion
Dinnie Martin pour Paradocs
Sonia Ringoot,
réalisatrice & productrice
Born in Normandy butlives in Brussels, Sonia makes documentary in a variety of forms: film, radio, book.
After studying cinema at the IAD in Belgium, she made videos for associations and developed her sound documentary practice.
Selective projects :
Trilogy In search of lands : film, radio, book on the immigration of Belgian farmers to France. Films & radio on urban issues in Brussels. Teaching.
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CONTACT
info@tantquelecoeurtient.com
Director / Producer
Sonia Ringoot
contact@soniaringoot.com
Distributor/festival
Dinnie Martin
contact@paradocsasbl.com