As long as we are on board
Director Agnès Perrais
Countries France
Duration 81 min
Synopsis
Saint-Nazaire, a 'port city'., Both ends of the dock, the workers district of Penhoët and Little Morocco facing the ocean, are deeply connected to the shipyards that are the economic and emotional core of the city. The lives of the locals revolve around the harbour, whether they are bar managers, sailors, workers or, unfortunately more and more frequently, unemployed. In the port of Saint-Nazaire, everyone has a story about the class struggle. Nonetheless, the people living there are also proud of their work which is specific to this place: working on boats. This work is what connects them to the most beautiful dream that ever was: the ocean, the adventure. , Tiny little men on gigantic machines, boats that will sail away: between the workers' every day life, the sailors' experience and the dream of seeing the world, how can imagination still have a place in an industrial world and how can one be on board of his life, his hopes even if reality isn't like the amazing adventures one was dreaming of?
Saint-Nazaire, a 'port city'., Both ends of the dock, the workers district of Penhoët and Little Morocco facing the ocean, are deeply connected to the shipyards that are the economic and emotional core of the city. The lives of the locals revolve around the harbour, whether they are bar managers, sailors, workers or, unfortunately more and more frequently, unemployed. In the port of Saint-Nazaire, everyone has a story about the class struggle. Nonetheless, the people living there are also proud of their work which is specific to this place: working on boats. This work is what connects them to the most beautiful dream that ever was: the ocean, the adventure. , Tiny little men on gigantic machines, boats that will sail away: between the workers' every day life, the sailors' experience and the dream of seeing the world, how can imagination still have a place in an industrial world and how can one be on board of his life, his hopes even if reality isn't like the amazing adventures one was dreaming of?