Roar

In his laboratory, a man tries to
understand what “fracas” (roar)
is. Groping, progressing through
the word until experiencing it
within his body, he is quickly
caught up by his research.

FRACAS is a short film written and
directed by three rules: a word (fracas)
is drawn and becomes the subject of the
film, the location is imposed (a former
convent) and the movie has to be filmed
into a single sequence shot. Denis Lavant
and Kévin Noguès then had two weeks to
find an idea and implement it the day of
filming.

Director: Kévin Noguès

Kévin Noguès (born in 1981, France) studied
economy and literature at Lyon and Bordeaux
universities. He wrote a thesis on the Greek myths
in Pasolini’s cinema before joining the University of
Paris Diderot in documentary filmmaking.
After his encounter with french actor Denis
Lavant, Kevin Nogues directed his first
documentary in 2009, Le Duende au corps, a
portrait of Denis Lavant, co-directed with Ivan
Stoetzel.
The following years, he directed several short
films, music videos and documentaries: C- Walkin’
(2010) Rater. Rater encore. Rater mieux. (2010),
Dans l’arbre (produced by the G.R.E.C in 2012) and
two music videos for the band Gomina (Too long
and Sun’s gone in 2012-2013) .
He favors within his films some themes he had
started to work on in his first short film: the aside,
the twilight of a world then relieved by another
one and the trajectory of bodies. His approach is
also a way to put him in jeopardy as reflected by
the self-imposed writing constraints at stake in his
latest short film Fracas, co-authored with Denis
Lavant.

Specifications

Film Type:Short
Runtime:9 minutes 40 seconds
Completion Date:January 31, 2014
Production Budget:20,000 EUR
Country of Origin:France
Country of Filming:France
Film Language:English