During my childhood, I lived through traumatic events and suffered abuse, which forever impacted who I am. I often bring those moments back from the past, trying to understand their meaning in order to keep going. Today, I feel ready to unravel this story, and I have the desire to tell it. However, I have no pictures of my childhood, nor of my family. They have all been lost or destroyed. So, I decide to tell my story by borrowing records from others.

biografia

Pierre Primetens was born to a Portuguese mother and French father. After studying art and cinema, he directed an autobiographic trilogy: Un voyage au Portugal, Des vacances à l’Île Maurice, and Contre toi. La fête des garçons, one of his first films, is about the rite of passage of young boys into adulthood in the north of Portugal. His films have been screened at French and international festivals (Clermont-Ferrand, Lussas, Lisbon,…) and broadcast on European channels such as Canal+ and RTP2. He also directs radio documentaries for France Culture, including a portrait of Ninetto Davoli in Rome for Sur les Docks. Pierre directs corporate films, such as a portrait of the artist Jayashree Chakravarty in Calcutta for the Musée Guimet. He leads directing workshops (France, Portugal, Spain, Brazil…) and is a member of Casa de Velázquez, the French Academy in Madrid.

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