SEA-ME-WE 3
Singapore, hub of global capitalism. At the centre of this film is a woman who devotes herself to the blockchain-boosted art market. At the same time, in contrast, is an immigrant Tamil worker extolling the tranquillity of the island, and a champion archeress devoting herself to her discipline. In the accumulation of the neomanagerial common areas describing a less glorious reality (the art seller is also a cleaner), a ferocious satire breaks through, exposing neoliberal Newspeak and the total commercial exploitation of art.
Virgile Fraisse
Technical sheet
Original version: English, Tamil. Subtitles: French, English. Scenario: Virgile Fraisse, Dan Koh. Image: Victor Zebo. Editing: Félix Rehm. Sound: Ismail Bin Ishak, François-Xavier Delaby. With : Noorlinah Mohamed, Gabriel Nantha, Joanne-Marie Sim, Karthik Jayaram, Kayli Lum, Jocelyn Low.
Production: Triangle France Asterides (Céline Kopp, Florence Gosset).
Distribution: Virgile Fraisse.
Filmography: Sea-me-we, 2015. Sea-me-we 2, 2017. State Ø States, 2017. Fictio Legis, 2018
Director
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