Abstinence is refraining from satisfying a craving. Teetotalism is the total, definitive abstinence from alcohol. In other words, a life sentence! 4801 nights documents an introspection and a wandering, a fall and a rise, during a trip to the polar circle. Legend has it that the polar night can drive those who venture there to sanity or madness.

biografia

Laurence MICHEL (1972), has worked, as an editor since 2000, in animation, advertising, documentary, television news. In 2014, Laurence joined the documentary filmmaking workshop at Ateliers Varan and directed Ronde-bosse (sculpture in the round), a film questioning the relationship between femininity and hair. This film, shot in cinema-direct is punctuated by a few sequences in which she manipulated objects, bits of paper, images. As she regularly collaborates with visual artists, she decided five years ago to find a way to tell her alcohol addiction with objects, humor, and hope.

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