La Vie de Château

Frédérique Devillez

IndieLisboa 2008 •

France, Documentary, 2007, 56′

In this unexpectedly-named halfway house, asylum-seekers from all over the world kill time waiting to find out if their requests will be accepted. Like in The Arabian Nights, time flies by as the tale is told. Together, we make a pact of fiction: a game, a step back from ourselves, our dreams and desires. Thus the château is inhabited, little by little, by a snake-spitting princess, a magnanimous king, ghosts that haunt the passages.