Celestino
HANS BRYSSINCK | In the presence of the filmmaker
Celestino is Hans Bryssinck's first narrative film. The themes underlying this film are the notion of the intruder, the limits of hospitality and a strangeness that lurks within each of us. ‘A strangeness reveals itself “at the heart” of what is most familiar’ wrote Jean-Luc Nancy in The Intruder (2000). Fascinated by this sentence and driven by his own embodied experience as a foreigner living in Mexico, Hans Bryssinck explored the apparent opposition between strangeness and familiarity.
The film tells the story of Ivan, a Belgian journalist on sabbatical in Mexico, who starts following the trail of a mysterious writer called Celestino Pérez. Upon arrival in the village where Celestino lives, this one turns out to be absent. Ivan is taken in by the writer's family. But soon he finds himself trapped in their house, mirroring his own experience with his imagination about Celestino
Hans Bryssinck is an artist, teacher and narrative practitioner, with a career spanning the visual, performing and audiovisual arts, focusing primarily on collaborative projects. His work includes the film Wilson y Los Más Elegantes (2014).
He is co-founder and artistic director of SPIN, a platform for artistic support based in Brussels. He also teaches Performance at the School of Arts in Ghent and Narrative Practices for Community Work and Education at UCIRED in Puebla, Mexico. He has been living in Mexico since 2016, where he wrote the screenplay for Celestino and directed the film.
Since 2019, his artistic and educational practice has been enriched by narrative practices. These bring a different approach to working with people and communities, centering ethics of care.
Duur: 69 min
Screening format: DCP/16:9/5.1 SRD
Originele taal: Spaans, Frans
Beschikbare ondertitels: Nederlands, Engels, Frans
Genre: fictie
A film by: Hans Bryssinck • A production of: Mountain View • With: Jonathan Capdevielle, Martha Claudia Moreno, Sandra Celedón, Kerygma Flores, Evangelina Martínez • Script & Direction: Hans Bryssinck • Cinematography: Rosa Hadit • Art direction: Mara Ugalde • Editor: Julieta Seco • Sound recording: Gert Verboven • Sound design & mix: Matthias Hillegeer • Costumes: Diana Montesinos • Casting: Ana Patricia Ortiz Ayala • Grading: Xavier Dockx • Music performance: George van Dam • Delegate producer: Gert Verboven • Coproducer: Hans Bryssinck • Executive producers: Humberto Hinojosa & Pablo García • Line producer: Wannes Gevaert • A production of: Mountain View • A coproduction of: SPIN • With the support of: Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), Tax Shelter Belgium, BUDA, Beursschouwburg, Colectivo Colmena, nona, VIERNULVIER