Pas d'histoires! (2001)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Directors:

Yves Angelo
Yamina Benguigui

Writers:

Yves Angelo (segment)
Djanet Aouadi (segment)

Release Date:

17 January 2001 (France)

Genre:

Animation | Drama | Comedy

Plot:

Twelve short stories about racism in every day life |

Plot Keywords:

Racism

Cast

Eléonore Gosset	...	(segment "Cyrano")
Elisabeth Depardieu	...	(segment "Cyrano")
François Berléand	...	(segment "Cyrano")
Manoëlle Gaillard	...	(segment "Cyrano")
Guy-Pierre Mineur	...	(segment "Cyrano")
Alexandre Moulo	...	(segment "Lettre à Abou")
Eriq Ebouaney	...	(segment "Lettre à Abou")
Claudia Tagbo	...	(segment "Lettre à Abou")
Adama Kouyaté	...	(segment "Lettre à Abou")
Fatou Traoré	...	(segment "Lettre à Abou")
Anna Sissoko	...	(segment "Lettre à Abou")
Florence Viala	...	(segment "Maman, regarde!")
Corentin Daumas	...	(segment "Maman, regarde!")
Evelyne Viérin	...	(segment "Maman, regarde!")
Mamadi Touré	...	(segment "Mohamed")

Also Known As:

Don't Make Trouble! (International: English title)

Runtime:

70 min

Country:

France

Language:

French | Arabic

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

France:U

Company:

Dire Faire Contre le Racisme

Movie Connections:

Edited from Lettre à Abou (2001)

Unsettling

This film, consisting of twelve vignettes, lasts just over an hour. The group of people with whom I saw it was a mix of Lithuanian, British, American, and French. Immediate reviews ranged from "disappointing" (Lithuanian) to "interesting" (American) to "I quite liked the stories" (English). A couple of the plots weren't quite clear, but on the whole, I found this an hour very well spent. Several of the stories are quite gripping, and one only wishes they lasted longer than 5-6 minutes. We all had a feeling of being unsettled: some because the stories are just a glimpse into a life, with no finality or closure, some because racism (overt or subtle) is an unsettling topic. But it needs to be brought into the open like this.