Hold the line

Through sport, this film deals with the injunction to perform. Combining running, dance and a monologue written in collaboration with young people from Roubaix about their own experiences of the injunctions that surround them, this project delves into the ambivalence and difficulty of our obsession with efficiency. ‘Hold the line’ is a long sequence shot of a young woman running in a choreographed manner and delivering a monologue in multiple voices, constructed from the testimonies of young men on the difficulties of the expectations and stereotypes expected of them. The unachievable performance is replaced by sensitivity, humility, and the difficulties and individual characteristics that are shaken up in this impossible mould. L'injonction première à remplir une performance se transforme en autre chose : un plaisir à prendre sa place, la découverte de pouvoir construire sa propre course singulière et d'affirmer sa complexité.