Documentary on the exhibition of photographs “Lonelies from the streets” by Benloÿ, at the chapel of the Jesuits, Chaumont (France).
Bénédicte Loyen (Benloÿ) is a belgian actress, photographer and filmmaker. This “Lonelies from the streetss” series, taken in New York, is visible on her website benloy-photographe.com.
To film an exhibition, what a challenge... what to film ? Scenography, visitors, works ? But how ? How, in a film, to do justice to the works, which are even essential in an exhibition ? How not to film that exhibition itself, which would deprive it of its purpose ? How not to do that “fly over” works ? How fully offer them to the view of the audience of the film ? This film is a proposal of a filmic principle for an exhibition of photographs.
What is a “documentary” ? A singular look on the world, on reality. Any film, any work, offers a vision of the world, whether through fiction or not. Moreover, some documentaries include fiction, and vice versa. So why differentiate these two forms of cinema ? Perhaps simply to clarify what the audience should expect from the film : the proposal to live a dream in an imaginary, or the proposal to discover unknown parts of the world, as revealed by a unique look.