CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS

LA VITA NUOVA

a story by Christine and the Queens and Colin Solal Cardo

shot in 16 mm in Opéra Garnier, Paris

directed by Colin Solal Cardo

produced by Frenzy Paris

choreography by Ryan Heffington

director's note

           

La Vita Nuova music video is the result of nearly six months of constant exchanges with Christine, between calls, SMS, Whatsapp, Instagram posts... 

The film illustrates how we work in total symbiosis and in perfect confidence. All of our previous collaborations and the worlds we've been through together in previous video clips also explain it. There is no more shame, no more restraint, we throw all our ideas in each other's faces and I love it. I guess it's more difficult to make such a strong film without a minimum of intimacy.

Our inspirations gravitated around Bob Fosse's All That Jazz, Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula which helped me a lot to define the visual style I was looking for. Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut was absolutely essential too, a movie between dream and reality, because of the place of sex too, and all its slightly psychological, almost psychoanalytical dimension which was super important for us. 

 But in the end, the 12-minutes film exercise came naturally. The narrative path of Chris' EP is very strong, each song has its own universe and rhythm. The main challenge was the 2 and a half shooting days, in a place that is certainly emblematic of Paris - the Opéra Garnier - but which has many constraints. 

 

Fortunately, the team was amazing, Christine and I are very proud of the result.

         

full credits

Directed by COLIN SOLAL CARDO

Choreographer  |  RYAN HEFFINGTON 

DOP  |  CRILLE FORSBERG 

Story by |  COLIN SOLAL CARDO & HÉLOÏSE LETISSIER 

Producer |  Remy Solomon 

Executive producers  |  JULIEN BERLAN, ELSA RAKOTOSON & MARIE FIORITI 

Executive producers because |  TAHAR CHENDER & MARIE GODICHEAU

Mgmt  |  Because Music 

Artist Mgmt  |  FLAVIE JAUBERT

Editor  |  Tianes Montasser 

Costume Designer |  JONATHAN HUGUET 

Set Designer |  JEANNE ADER

Color Grading |  FABIEN PASCAL

Guest Starring | CAROLINE POLACHEK & FÉLIX MARITAUD as “The Fauna”

Starring | CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS 

Line Producer |  OPHÉLIE STAVROPOULOS   

Production Coordinator |  MÉLANIE GILBON 

1st AD | JULIETTE MABILLE 

2nd AD | ELSA MICHON

Assistant Choreographer | BENJAMIN MILAN

Casting extras | DOURANE FALL & CONAN LAURENDOT

Leader extra | FIONA BÈGUE

Assistant | HUGO DAO

Second Assistant Camera | DIMITRI SOREL 

 Third Assistant Camera | JIMMY NGUYEN 

 Steadicam Operator | RÉMI QUILICHINI 

 B Camera Operator | JULIEN PUJOL 

 Art Department Coordinator | MARIE-AUBREY MOLÈS

Second Assistant Art Director | ISABELLE LAWSON 

 Prop Master | VICTOR DELBOS

Set Decorators | LISA BOUKOBZA, GILLES GARNIER, CLOTHILDE CRAS DE BELLEVAL, TIMON MILON LAURENT SAINT-GAUDENS & OCÉANE DUFAU

Unit Manager | KIM SHEWY & his team

Unit Assistants | MARION PRIEUX, JEAN-FRED DAVID, DJIBYRILE SY ROMANE BOTQUIN, PENELOPE NADER, CHARLES CRAPART, ALEXANDRE DO, EMILIA MASSIAS,    JÉRÔME BABINARD, SACHA HAYON

 Gaffer | BASILE BARNISKÉ 

 Electricians | ADRIEN LALLAU, FRANÇOIS AUCLAIR, VINCENT TABERLET, MARCHAL BEDY, FRÉDÉRIC CHEVRIER LUCAS JANISZEWSKI, MATTHIEU LEGOUPIL 

 Key Grip | TRISTAN MORIN 

 Grips | ZAHER MEGDICHE, CAMILLE CONROY, TANGUY BOURGEOIS, THOMAS CANIVET, UGO VILLAUME 

 Make-up Artist | MANU KOPP 

 Hair Stylist | PAWEL SOLIS 

 First Assistant Costume Designer | SARAH BERNARD 

 Second Assistant Costume Designer | LISE BRETON 

 Adjuster | BRICE FERNANDES 

 Stylist Extras | PIERRE DE MONES 

 Stylist Extras Assistants | JILL GATTEGNO, LOUISE PISSELET 

SFX Make-up Designers | RAPHAËL GUIONNET, CHARLOTTE ARGUILLERE, ANTOINE WAYNE, CINDY BOHN, JOËL MOGADE, ALEXIS KINEBANYAN, CHRISTOPHE MUREAU

Sound Recordist | CHARLES DARNAUD 

 Sound Mix | ALBAN LEJEUNE, ELIOTT SEBBAG 

 Sound Mastering | ASH WORKMAN 

 Post Production | EVEREST 

 Head of Post Production | SYLVAIN OBRIOT 

 Color Grading | FABIEN PASCAL 

 Post Producer FX | CHLOÉ JUILLARD 

 Editing Assistant | ELLA DIXON 

 Technical Post Producer | JEREMY LE BRIS 

 Graphists | VINCENT HEINE, STEPHANE GASSIN, FRANCOIS PUGET, DAMIEN THIEBOT 

 Typographer | JULIEN PRIEZ 

 Title Designer | JULIEN SEILLER 

 Making-Of | JULIEN PUJOL, CLEMENT DE HOLLOGNE 

 BTS Photographer | JONATHAN ‘OJOZ’ ADELAIDE 

 Special Thanks to OPÉRA GARNIER, BINKADY-EMMANUEL HIÉ, RVZ, SILVERWAY, REPETTO, EVEREST

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