E•PIS•TO•LAR•Y: LETTER TO JEAN VIGO
Lynne Sachs • United States, Spain • 2021 • 5 min.
Lynne Sachs
United States, Spain • 2021 • 5 min.
SYNOPSIS
In a cinema letter to French director Jean Vigo, Lynne Sachs ponders the delicate resonances of his 1933 classic “Zero for Conduct” in which a group of school boys wages an anarchist rebellion against their authoritarian teachers.
Thinking about the January 6, 2021 insurrection in the United States Capitol by right-wing protesters, Sachs wonders how innocent play or calculated protest can turn so quickly into chaos and violence.
Commissioned by the Punto de Vista International Documentary Film Festival program “The letters that weren’t and also are”. Spain, 2021.
TRAILER
+ Info: Lynne Sachs • Official Website
FESTIVALS & ALTERNATIVE SCREENINGS
Punto de Vista Festival of Documentary Film. Spain (2021)
Sheffield Doc/Fest. UK (2021)
Cinema Parallels Film Festival | Focus on Lynne Sachs. Bosnia and Herzegovina (2021)
Cryptofiction. UK (2021)
Mimesis Documentary Festival. U.S. (2021)
New Holland Island International Debut Film Festival. Russia (2021)
Festifreak, La Plata International Independent Film Festival. Argentina (2021)
Exground Filmfest. Germany (2021)
Cámara Lúcida Festival Int’l de Cine Contemporáneo | Mirada Epicentro: Lynne Sachs. Ecuador (2021)
BOGOSHORTS Festival. Colombia (2021)
Costa Rica International Film Festival | Retrospective: Lynne Sachs. Costa Rica (2022)
Short Tuesday by The Croatian Film Association | Tuškanac Cinema, Zagreb. Croatia (2025)
CREW
DIRECTOR
Lynne Sachs
SCREENWRITER
Lynne Sachs
EDITING
Rebecca Shapass