Credits : Choreographer : Ophélie Longuet / Music : « Rain in your black eyes », Ezio Bosso. (P) Sony Music Entertainment. / Cinematographer : Jacques Ballard / Editor : Jérôme Lozano / Colorist : Arthur Paux @ Spark Seeker / Compositing : Gregory Lafranchi @GoneFX / Sound mix : Nassim El Mounabbih @Dinosaures / Production : Spark Seeker/Les Films Engloutis / Associated Producers : Y-40 The Deep Joy/RVZ / Camera Assistant : Arthur Lauthers / Electrician Romain Mostri / Safety Freedivers : Anne Maury - Fouad Zarrou / Making off : Jimmy Golaz / Camera Rental (Red VistaVision 8K) RVZ / Light&Electric Rental : TSF Cannes / Wardrobe : Tatiana Henri
"Ama is a silent film. It tells a story everyone can interpret in their own way, based on their own experience. There is no imposition, only suggestions. I wanted to share my biggest pain in this life with this film. For this is not too crude, I covered it with grace. To make it not too heavy, I plunged it into the water. I dedicate this film to all the women of the world."
Julie
"Ama est un film sans parole qui raconte une histoire que chacun peut interpréter à sa manière, selon son propre vécu, tout est suggéré, rien n’est imposé. J’ai voulu mettre dans ce film ma plus grande douleur en ce monde. Pour qu’elle ne soit pas trop crue je l’ai enrobée de grâce. Pour qu’elle ne soit pas trop lourde je l’ai plongée dans l’eau. Je dédie ce film à toutes les femmes du monde."
Julie
Over five minutes, the piece follows Gautier as she dances underwater. Performed in the world’s deepest pool in Italy, Gautier holds her breath for the duration of the film, only allowing herself to open her lungs when she rises to the surface at the culmination of her beautifully choreographed routine. Named “Ama”, the film draws its title from 海女, a Japanese term that refers to pearl divers and which translates literally to mean sea maiden.
The “For this is not too crude, I covered it with grace. To make it not too heavy, I plunged it in the water.” practice of ama is said to be over 2000 years old, and traditionally the women it refers to would dive without scuba gear or air tanks, making it the precursor of the modern free dive movement which Gautier is a part of.
Gautier gives no explanation of the meaning behind ‘Ama’, except to say that “It tells a story everyone can interpret in their own way, based on their own experience. There is no imposition, only suggestion.” Opening with unbroken eye contact in the rain, we suddenly find ourselves immersed in water, at the bottom of a pool. “I wanted to share my biggest pain in this life with this film,” Gautier writes.
“For this is not too crude, I covered it with grace. To make it not too heavy, I plunged it in the water.” Closing with a note of dedication to “My tiniest daughter”, Gautier released this film on International Women’s day stating that it was for all the women of the world.
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