Une arme à la main, j’ai traversé le désert
I Crossed the Desert With a Gun in Hand
- 2026
- France
- 78'
- English, Spanish
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© Laurence Garret _ SO-CLE -
© Laurence Garret _ SO-CLE -
© Laurence Garret _ SO-CLE
Daniel Torres enlisted in the US Marine Corps before being arrested and deported to Tijuana in Mexico, upon his return from the war in Iraq.
After winning a lawsuit against the US administration, he is now trying to help those who, like him, were banished from a country for which they put their lives on the line.
Laurence Garret directed Voyage en Amnésia in 2002, a first film edited from Super 8 family archives, She took part in the 2008 États Généraux du Film Documentaire festival in Lussas (FR) with Les Cheveux Coupés, a film produced by the Groupe de Recherches et d’Essais Cinématographiques, also selected at Premiers Plans – Angers Film Festival (FR).
In 2012, she traveled to Mexico for the documentary essay En ningún lugar, Don Luis Buñuel, featuring Denis Lavant and Jean-Claude Carrière. The film was aired on France 3 Corse and was included in the Images de la Culture / CNC catalogue.
In 2018, she directed Por la libertad, a portrait of the Mexican filmmaker Carlos Reygadas, for the Cinéastes de notre temps collection, presented at the Rotterdam Film Festival and BAFICI (ARG) among others, and which aired on Ciné+.
Committed to film education since 2010, Laurence Garret leads workshops in schools for the non-profit organization Le Cinéma, cent ans de jeunesse. A member of the documentary filmmakers’ association Addoc since 2015, she also takes part in the Observatoire de la liberté de création.
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- Sun 22
- March
- 13h30
- Saint André des Arts 3
- + débats/Q&As
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- Thu 26
- March
- 14h15
- Arlequin 1
- Subtitles : original version with French and English subtitles
- Production companies : So-cle, Acqua alta, LesterFilm, Lyon Capitale TV
- Photography : Laurence Garret
- Sound : Lucas Denis
- Editing : Jeanne Oberson
- Music : Niko Demiller
