Bloody Oranges

“What I find interesting when you show debates in a film is to show the thesis, the antithesis, and to add caustic elements; that’s what makes it come alive. I don’t take sides either, cinematographically, so as not to become Manichean and so that everyone can identify with the debate in question. My aim is not to make a leftist film, but to open up. I am trying to appeal to common sense, to the spirit of fairness, because we are living in a time when there are too many lies. But I could also talk about the ‘poor bastards,’ no problem. In cinema, you have to avoid Manicheanism at all costs; otherwise, one part of the audience closes up and the other adheres to it unreservedly.

ORANGES SANGUINES is political, but it doesn’t follow a certain political line. It shows a critical view of French society, but the best tribute an artist can pay to his country is to criticize it.”