THE VOICES OF RAVENSBRÜCK

Documentary in writing

WRITER-DIRECTOR : Benoît Sourty

FORMAT : 70’ / 52′

PRODUCTION : Sharing Productions

SYNOPSIS :

Jeanne, a fictional character representing all the women deported to Ravensbrück, visits the site of the former camp.

There she observes young people creating videos for social media. Written testimonies, drawings by the deportees, and archives weave an intimate conversation between them. Jeanne reveals that she gave birth to them there.

What will they take away from Ravensbrück?

BENOIT SOURTY

Benoît Sourty is a novelist and director of some twenty documentaries for various television channels. He is also a scriptwriter and director of short and medium-length dramas. The author of two plays, he also produces theatrical recordings for various companies. He runs a film school in the Paris region. Three of his novels have been published: Loin des yeux (Éditions Travioles, 2009), Crache les cuisses (Éditions Fayard, 2014) and Je m’enneige (Éditions Asphalte, 2019). Rendez-vous – Pierre Turcotte Editeur – is a collection of short stories, each inspired by a city through which the author has travelled.