The Sociologist and the Bear Cub
A film by Mathias Théry and Etienne Chaillou.
Image, sound, editing : Etienne Chaillou & Mathias Théry
Length : 77 min
Set construction : Alix Boillot & Fanny Laplane, Matisse Wessels, Marta Rossi, Chloé Bucas
Puppeteers : Carole Croset, Alexandre Gazzara
Tests with puppets : Samuel Beck
Production assistants: Marie Bottois, Young Sun Noh
Foley artist : Maxence Riffault
Mix : Cédric Meganck, Matthieu Cochin
Colour correction & post-production image : Jean-Christophe Levet
Music : Mathieu Lamboley
Production coordination : Dan Weingrod
Administration : Pierre Houri
Production : QUARK PRODUCTIONS – Juliette Guigon & Patrick Winocour
Coproduction : UNIVERSCIENCE – Alain Labouze & Isabelle Péricard
From September 2012 to May 2013, all of France gets passionate about proposed legislation to permit marriage for all.
Over nine months, Sociologist Irène Théry recounts to her filmmaker son her views on this divisive debate. From recordings of these exchanges, the directors create “teddy bear cinema” constructed of children’s toys and pieces of cardboard.
An intimate, often amusing and unique portrait of a national saga, The sociologist and the bear cub helps us rediscover what we all thought we knew perfectly well: the Family.
FACEBOOK: La Sociologue et l’Ourson – Québec
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