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Vous êtes au Village

Created in 1989 by Charles Petit (former artistic director of Métal Hurlant), Marc Bruckert (former artistic director of Création Magazine) and Martine Jamaux (illustrator's agent), joined by friends Benoît Delépine (before his Guignol and Groland adventures) and Christophe Salengro (future “undiable” president of Groland, but already a hyperbolic dancer with Philippe Découflé), Le Village, Production and Design, got its name from the famous setting of the series The Prisoner. Le Village rapidly produces episodes of L’Œil du Cyclone for Canal+, visual identity for Tv channels (Arte, Canal+) or short films. Also very quickly, young directors (often later becoming feature film directors) pass the doors of this “unsubsidized laboratory for visual experimentation applied to commercial art”, (Charles Petit in letempsdetruittout.net, April 2004), to direct music videos when record companies allowed real creative freedom. The very underground Pascal Baes, king of long exposures, will even direct ads with Le Village for Schweppes or New York’s Paramount Hotel. In 1997 Le Village naturally connects with L’Étrange Festival, taking charge of its graphic design. Simultaneously, the encounter with Professeur Choron will give birth to a long collaboration: layout designing for the monthly Grodada, an Œil du Cyclone, a series of ten short films Y’a rien d’pire que l’ignorance (There’s Nothing Worse Than Ignorance), an improbable Christmas record as a duo with Charlie Oleg, and a grand finale in 1999 with the autobiographical operetta Ivre-mort pour la Patrie (Dead Drunk for my Country), directed by Vincent Hachet, with music by Bertrand Burgalat and sets by Vuillemin. Le Village ceased to exist in 2004, Charles Petit going on to produce elsewhere. Charles passed away in February 2022. This copious program is dedicated to him, and to the directors who crossed his path. Welcome to Le Village.

Mikado - La fille du soleil

Pierre & Gilles

  • 1987
  • Clip
  • 4mn

Kni Crik - O mana

Jean Michel Roux

  • 1991
  • Clip
  • 3mn57s

Les Wampas - Où Sont les Femmes ?

Étienne Labroue and Jo Dahan

  • 2003
  • Clip
  • 3mn25s

Etienne Charry - Osmose

Bertrand Mandico

  • 2002
  • Clip
  • 4mn31s

Furor Teutonicus

Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Vincent Hachet

  • 1999
  • Short film Canal+
  • 26mn10s

Uncommon men from mars - Pizzaman

Marco Laguna

  • 2001
  • Clip
  • 3mn14s

Les innocents - Un monde parfait

Pascal Baes

  • 1995
  • Clip
  • 3mn52s

Paramount Hotel (USA)

  • Advertisements

Domnique A - Je suis une ville

Laurent Tuel

  • 1999
  • Clip
  • 4mn

Le Professeur Choron & Charly Oleg - Formidable

Jan Kounen

  • 1994
  • Clip
  • 2mn41s

Mondo Trasho

Frédéric Temps and Marc Bruckert

  • 1999
  • L’Œil du Cyclone Canal+
  • 23mn

Superdiscount - Le patron est devenu fou!

Marie de Crécy

  • 1997
  • Clip
  • 3mn41s

Alex Gopher - The child

Antoine Bardou-Jacquet

  • 1998
  • Clip
  • 3mn06s

Kojak - Stupid Jack

Édouard Deluc

  • 1999
  • Clip
  • 3mn20s

Laurent Garnier - Coloured City

Marc Caro

  • 1998
  • Clip
  • 3mn41s

Michel Houellebecq - Playa blanca

Charles Petit

  • 2000
  • Clip
  • 2mn47s

Good boys use condoms

Lucile Hadzihalilovic

  • 1998
  • Short film
  • 5mn40s

Une expérience d'hypnose télévisuelle

Gaspar Noé

  • 1993
  • L’Œil du Cyclone Canal+
  • 27mn

Ivre-mort pour la patrie

Vincent Hachet

  • 1998
  • Opérette Canal+
  • 30mn50s

Screenings

16/09 • 20h00 • Screen 300
In presence of numerous guests