MARCH 2019 : FIFDH GENEVA - PROJECTION + Q&A WITH PHUTTIPHONG
AVRIL 2018 : MIXAGE @ POLYSON, PARIS 20
PHOTO GALLERY :
SEPT. 2018 : VENICE FILM FESTIVAL - PHOTOCALL, FILM PREMIERE, CLOSING CEREMONY AND BEST FILM AWARD
CINEVUE "The film is filled by a rich, exceptionally layered soundscape with music by French duo Snowdrops. The haunting melodies and sound effects reverberate with an unspeakable pain and displacement in some moments, but also the magic of new connections and simple kindness in others."
FLUID RADIO (uk) "This is an incredible achievement. Sometimes cold, sometimes stark, the keys weep, sliding down in tone as they cry out. But the music isn’t just an accompaniment to the film: it coalesces with the very image, smudged into its fabric like a swirling watercolour, embedding itself inside its visual paint and syncing up with certain scenes to create powerful, lasting imprints"
VARIETY (us) "Manta Ray is especially well served by the subtle soundscapes created by French duo Snowdrops"
PREMIÈRE (fr) "Coup de chapeau à la singulière B.O des Strasbourgeois de Snowdrops"
SLATE (fr) "Grâce aussi à un beau travail sur la bande-son et en particulier la musique délicatement hypnotique du duo Snowdrops, ce qui se déploie est à la fois une très belle histoire d'amitié et d'accueil, une tragédie contemporaine et un conte mythologique immémorial et essentiel. Le conte fondateur de l'hospitalité."
SELECTED PRESS :
ENTRETIEN AVEC SNOWDROPS, LE POLYESTER (fr) "Associer la façon de filmer physique de Phuttiphong Aroonpheng à l’univers musical sensoriel de Christine Ott"
ENTRETIEN AVEC PHUTTIPHONG AROONPHENG "Ce sont les Français de Snowdrops qui ont signé la bande sonore du film. Je leur ai donné carte blanche, je ne voulais pas de barrière culturelle entre la France et la Thaïlande, ils pouvaient faire comme ils le souhaitaient. Je n’avais qu’une demande : je voulais des sons avec des fréquences, une ambiance de fréquences basses qui en salle touchent au cœur. C’était assez étrange à la première écoute. Mais ça allait avec le concept général du film qui est d’abattre les barrières."
LE NOUVEL OBS (fr) "La musique du duo français colore tout, infuse les êtres et les paysages"
MUBI EDITORIAL(uk) "As an abstract piece of cinema equivalent to instrumental music, Manta Ray astringently avoids words to proceed almost entirely through image and sound. The music, a genuinely key ingredient here and an entry point to an entirely 'other' dimension, is provided by Snowdrops, a group from Strasbourg who frequently use an Ondes Martenot, giving the music in the film, which is based more on sound-design than melody, the feel of an ethnographic work from the 1950s (...) Manta Ray plays out as an ultimately tragic reverie and an interrogation of the process of assimilation."
Festivals and Avant-Premières
WORLD PREMIERE - VENISE Mostra #75 (ITA)
SEPT - TORONTO TIFF #43 - Discovery || SAN SEBASTIAN SSIFF #66
OCT - VANCOUVER Film Festival (CA) - VIFF #37 || BUSAN Film Festival (KOR) || WARSAW Film Festival (POL) || PINGYAO Film Festival (CHI) || Qcinema MANILLE (PHI) || MAMI Mumbai (IND) || NOV - THESSALONIKI International Film Festival (GRE) || MINSK Film Festival (BLR) || STOCKHOLM International Film Festival (SUE) || KOLKATA Film Festival (IND) || ZAGREB International Film Festival (CRO) || Nordisk Film Fest, OSLO (NOR) || TOKYO FILMeX (JAP) || Festival des 3 continents, NANTES (FRA) || PARIS, Forum des Images (FRA) || TALLINN Black nights film festival (EST) || IFFI GOA (IND) || ASIA PACIFIC SCREEN AWARDS, Brisbane (AUS) || AFRIFF LAGOS (NIG) || DEC - SINGAPOUR Film Festival (SG) || SEOUL Film Festival (SKR) || International Film Festival of KERALA (IND) || CAGLIARI Film Festival (ITA) || International Film Festival and Awards MACAO (CHI) || Festival du Film de MARRAKECH (MAR) || 2019 JAN IFFR International Film Festival ROTTERDAM (NED) || FEV Festival International du Premier Film d'ANNONAY (FRA) || GRONINGEN Forum (NED) || BENGALURU International Film Festival (IND) || MARS - HONG KONG International Film Festival - HKIFF || Festival Internacional de Cine UNAM (MEX) || VILNIUS Film Festival (LIT) || FIFDH GENEVE (SUI) || Film Society Lincoln Center NEW YORK (USA) || MINNEAPOLIS Film Festival (USA) || FebioFest (PRAHA) || APR - Harvard University BOSTON (USA) || ISTANBUL Film Festival İKSV (TUR) || DALLAS film festival (USA) || Fajr International Film Festival TEHERAN (IRAN) || MOSCOW International Film Festival (RUS) || MAY - HUNGARIAN Release || Maryland Film Festival BALTIMORE (USA) || MONTCLAIR Film Festival (USA) || MINI Film Festival (MAL) || MEXICAN Release || Asian Film Week, BEIJING (CHI) || JUNE - SYDNEY Film Festival (AUS) || TAIPEI Film Festival (TAI) || SDEROT Film Festival (ISR) || Festival Zones Portuaires ST NAZAIRE (FRA) || FEST Espinho (POR) || EDIMBURGH Film Festival (SCO) || Festival de film de CABOURG (FRA) || SHANGHAI Film Festival || 39 Foro International MEXICO (MEX) || BANGKOK Asean Film Festival (THA) || JULY - SYROS Film Festival (GRE) || THAI release || MUNCHEN Film Festival (GER) || INDIEBO, Festival de Cine Independiente de BOGOTA (COL) || NEW ZEALAND Film Festival (NZ) || ODESSA International Film Festival (UKR) || FRENCH Release || Lake Como Film Nights CERNOBBIO (ITA) || AUG - MELBOURNE International Film Festival (AUS) || SEP - Queer Festival LISBOA (POR) || FUKUOKA International Film Festival (JAP) || Pacific Meridian VLADIVOSTOK (RUS) || NETHERLANDS Release || OCT - ADELAIDE Festival Center (AUS) || ITALIAN Release || NUREMBERG International Human Rights Film Festival (GER) ...
SYNOPSIS:
Near a coastal village of Thailand, by the sea where thousands of Rohingya refugees have drowned, a local fisherman finds an injured man lying unconscious in the forest. He rescues the stranger, who does not speak a word, offers him his friendship and names him Thongchai. But when the fisherman suddenly disappears at sea, Thongchai slowly begins to take over his friend’s life – his house, his job and his ex-wife…
MANTA RAY
A movie by Phuttiphong Aroonpheng - Thailande / France - 2018 - 105 min
CREDITS:
MANTA RAY by Phuttiphong Aroonpheng
Main Cast : Wanlop Rungkumjad / Rasmee Wayrana / Aphisit Hama
Cinematographer : Nawarophaat Rungphiboonsophit
Colorist : Yov Moor / Sound: Chalermrat Kaweewattana,
Arnaud Rolland, Charles Bussienne
Editing: Lee Chatametikool, Harin Paesongthai
Producted by 'Diversion Films' (Thailand), 'Les Films de l'Étranger' (France), Purin Pictures & Mit Out Sound Films
Original soundtrack by Snowdrops (Christine Ott / Mathieu Gabry) :
Ondes Martenot (Original, Dierstein, Ondéa & Ondomo), Piano, Mellotron, Organ, Keyboards, Motorised Hurdy-gurdy (Boîte à Bourdons BAB V), Soundscapes, Field Recording
VENICE FILM FESTIVAL 2018 - BEST FILM AWARD, ORRIZONTI COMPETITION
