The Pork Butcher Filmmaker
This is the story of Roger, a butcher who worked for 40 years in Beaune, Burgundy, and since his retirement has started a new life as a filmmaker. Roger shoots only on Super 8; he films insects in nature, so to speak, "filmed and edited directly." His short films are a great success and win prizes around the world. His wife plays the role of his muse almost without his knowledge. Roger, suddenly transported to another world, is amused by all this. An important clue: Roger is also my father.
An invitation to a family walk.
Cast
- Roger
- Roger Batteault
- Josette
- Josette Batteault
The Pork Butcher Filmmaker
Rémy Batteault
- Documentary
- Production Country / Year
- France 2022
- Language
- frz. OF m. engl. UT
- Format
- DCP, Color, 52min
1.78:1 (16:9), Discrete 5.1
- Original Title
- Le Charcutier Cinéaste
Director & Crew
Rémy Batteault
Born in 1966 in Beaune/France. Active as a director.
Filmography
| 2012 | Cohabiter… à mon âge? | TV Dokumentation | |
| 2013 | Integration à l’italienne, les italorrains | Dokumentarfilm | |
| 2014 | Les fantomes du Mont Blanc | TV Dokumentation | |
| 2015 | Vampyr | TV Dokumentation | |
| 2017 | De cendre et d’or, une odyssee musicale | TV Dokumentation | |
| 2019 | Matali Crasset, le design ludique et politique | TV Dokumentation | |
| 2020 | Grandir à l’opera – la chambre aux fresques | TV Dokumentation | |
| 2021 | Des voix pour demain – la chambre aux fresques | TV Dokumentation | |
| 2022 | Le charcutier-cineaste | Dokumentarfilm | 2022 |
“My father owned three cameras that he meticulously guarded, including the famous Beaulieu. And they are still fully functional. My father wasn’t a film buff, but he had an innate sense of framing. And he was able to wait for hours for an insect or animal to come out of its burrow to film it. One of his Super 8 short films was selected with eight others – out of one hundred and twenty-eight submitted – for the Straight 8 Super 8 film competition at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, the rights to which were purchased by Channel 4! He was even invited to give a Master Class in Brazil, so on this occasion, he flew for the first time...”
Rémy Batteault
- Producer
- Jean-Marie Gigon