THE BATTLE OF THE NAKED MEN
Director SAPIN Véronique
Countries France
Duration 220 min
Synopsis
With her video, The Battle of Naked Men, Veronique Sapin moves her work on human vulnerability from a philosophical field toward a more political dimension. This is not a battle : men are lined up and a child is sleeping. There are no naked men : men are in uniform and the sleeping child is wearing a torn T-shirt. However, social violence is extremly strong in the images. What do these men at attention in a street where a dirtychild in rags and tatters is sleeping on the ground, at their feet ? The battle is announced. It is inevitable
With her video, The Battle of Naked Men, Veronique Sapin moves her work on human vulnerability from a philosophical field toward a more political dimension. This is not a battle : men are lined up and a child is sleeping. There are no naked men : men are in uniform and the sleeping child is wearing a torn T-shirt. However, social violence is extremly strong in the images. What do these men at attention in a street where a dirtychild in rags and tatters is sleeping on the ground, at their feet ? The battle is announced. It is inevitable