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‘Des plafonds dans les yeux’: representing the New Town in Naissance des pieuvres (Céline Sciamma, 2007)
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Smith, Ellie (2023) ‘Des plafonds dans les yeux’: representing the New Town in Naissance des pieuvres (Céline Sciamma, 2007). French Screen Studies . doi:10.1080/26438941.2022.2153450 ISSN 2643-895X. (In Press)
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/26438941.2022.2153450
Abstract
In contrast to Sciamma’s Bande de filles/Girlhood (2014), little scholarly attention has been accorded to space in Naissance des pieuvres/Water Lilies (2007). Featuring quiet neighbourhoods in the Parisian suburb of Cergy, Naissance's backdrop is unassuming. However, its association with consumerism, capitalism and the French state is a rich and hitherto underexploited topic for analysis. Considering the town’s relative novelty, this article interprets Sciamma’s on-screen environment as a partial ‘non-place’ as defined by Marc Augé. Such a town produces superficial social connections characterised by contractual exchanges. Meanwhile, the detached pavillons in Naissance retain a proximity to countryside that suggests freedom and banality, but the tension between nature and state generates oppressive effects. This article argues that Naissance’s backdrop is punctuated by an underlying sense of entrapment. Space is a vector for exploring human relationships, extending themes of feminism and sexuality that permeate Sciamma’s wider oeuvre.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1993 Motion Pictures | ||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > School of Modern Languages and Cultures | ||||
| SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Sciamma, Céline, 1980- -- Criticism and interpretation, Motion pictures -- France -- History and criticism, Naissance des pieuvres (Motion picture), Homosexuality in motion pictures, Feminism and motion pictures -- France, Cities and towns in motion pictures | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | French Screen Studies | ||||
| Publisher: | Informa UK Limited | ||||
| ISSN: | 2643-895X | ||||
| Official Date: | 8 February 2023 | ||||
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| DOI: | 10.1080/26438941.2022.2153450 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | In Press | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 14 March 2023 | ||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 14 March 2023 |
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