A Third Testament Un troisième testament

by Jérôme Clément-Wilz

France
2022
38 min
French
Short film
Fiction, Documentary
Color
DCP

World Premiere

In Competition 2022

Official synopsis

In a house lost in the middle of the woods, on the edge of a lake, a group makes up an ephemeral Eden. Between mere moments of life and cathartic rites, they grow together, be it only for the short duration of a ritual.

The programmer’s eye

“A Third Testament” is a documentary filmed by its protagonists in an instinctive and spontaneous gesture, with the will to expose the simple beauty of things: bodies are stripped naked and devote themselves to the tribal and nocturnal games initiated by the she-wolf and her cubs. They abandon all contemporary signs or objects in favour of a return to manual skills, aiming at a reversal of established structures and rules. Plunging into a wild state of self-discovery and discovery of others, the group becomes a pack and reveals a buried animal consciousness.

Hugo Terrier

Biography and Filmography

Jérôme Clément-Wilz has a wide range of skills: a former lumberjack, he is a graduate of Berkeley, Sciences Po Paris and Paris VIII. He has been an assistant director for fiction, documentaries and reports. He has also worked as a cinematographer and director. His projects have taken him to more than twenty countries – mostly to tackle "social" themes – as well as in conflict zones. For Paris Première, he directed a world tour on the topics of gender and sexuality. He is also interested in exploring parenthood, alcoholism, the relationship with religion...

 

2022 : A THIRD TESTAMENT (SHORT) - Jérôme Clément Wilz - Director and Screenwriter

2019 : NOS CATHÉDRALES (SHORT) - Jérôme Clément Wilz - Director and Screenwriter

2018 : WHEN EVERYONE SLEEPS - Jérôme Clément Wilz - Director and Screenwriter

2016 : HORSE BEING - Jérôme Clément Wilz - Director and Screenwriter

2016 : A BAPTISM OF FIRE - Jérôme Clément Wilz - Director and Screenwriter

2016 : SPRING (SHORT) - Jérôme Clément Wilz - Director and Screenwriter

Jérôme Clément-Wilz

Jérôme Clément-Wilz, Anne Corte, Frank Durel…

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by Jérôme Clément-Wilz

Jérôme Clément-Wilz has a wide range of skills: a former lumberjack, he is a graduate of Berkeley, Sciences Po Paris and Paris VIII. He has been an assistant director for fiction, documentaries and reports. He has also worked as a cinematographer and director. His projects have taken him to more than twenty countries – mostly to tackle "social" themes – as well as in conflict zones. For Paris Première, he directed a world tour on the topics of gender and sexuality. He is also interested in exploring parenthood, alcoholism, the relationship with religion...

 

2022 : A THIRD TESTAMENT (SHORT) - Jérôme Clément Wilz - Director and Screenwriter

2019 : NOS CATHÉDRALES (SHORT) - Jérôme Clément Wilz - Director and Screenwriter

2018 : WHEN EVERYONE SLEEPS - Jérôme Clément Wilz - Director and Screenwriter

2016 : HORSE BEING - Jérôme Clément Wilz - Director and Screenwriter

2016 : A BAPTISM OF FIRE - Jérôme Clément Wilz - Director and Screenwriter

2016 : SPRING (SHORT) - Jérôme Clément Wilz - Director and Screenwriter