Grandir

Grandir is a 2013 first-person French documentary film by Dominique Cabrera. The film, whose working title was O Happy Days! (Ô Heureux jours !), is a follow-up to the filmmaker's 1995 film diary Tomorrow and Tomorrow Again (Demain et encore demain). In Grandir, Cabrera expanded her diaristic approach, starting by filming family at her brother's wedding in Massachusetts.[2] According to the filmmaker, this was a way of appreciating them more deeply, cherishing them while they're alive.[3] From there, the filmmaker continued recording events and gatherings – holidays, births, and her father's funeral[4] – in the hopes of grappling with family secrets, which might explain her anxiety and persistent insomnia.[5] She also traveled to Algeria with her sister to investigate the mysterious conditions surrounding their mother's birth.[6]

Grandir
Directed byDominique Cabrera
Edited byIsidore Bethel
Marc Daquin
Production
company
Ad Libitum
Distributed bySplendor Films[1]
Release date
Running time
93 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguagesFrench, English

Cabrera met one of the film's editors, Isidore Bethel, when she was a visiting professor in Harvard's film program[7] and advising his undergraduate thesis.[8] Bethel also concurrently edited Cabrera's short film "Goat Milk," which focuses on grief and Cabrera's interactions with family living in Massachusetts.[9]

Reception

Grandir premiered at the Cinéma du Réel, where it won the festival's Potemkine Prize,[10] before screening at the La Rochelle International Film Festival[11] and ACID Cannes.[12] It received favorable press coverage from Le Monde,[13] Télérama,[14] Critikat,[15] Culturopoing,[16] and Challenges.[17] Splendor Films released the film in theaters in France,[18] and Potemkine Films released it on DVD.[19] The Institut Français in London screened Grandir in 2016.[20] A 2021 retrospective of Cabrera's work at the Pompidou Center included the film with an introduction from fellow autobiographical filmmaker Ross McElwee.[21]

References
  1. "Grandir". UniFrance. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  2. "GRANDIR (Ô HEUREUX JOURS !) Un film de Dominique Cabrera". ACID Cannes. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  3. "Grandir". film-documentaire.fr. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  4. "Goat Milk". Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  5. "Dominique Cabrera : "Je filme la place des êtres dans le monde"". France Inter. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  6. "Grandir de Dominique Cabrera, Amour". Critikat, Carine Bernasconi. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  7. "Dominique Cabrera, FSC Works". Harvard Film Studies Center. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  8. "Isidore M.T. Bethel". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  9. "Goat Milk". Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  10. "Les films autobiographiques de Dominique Cabrera - Grandir (ô jours heureux !) - Demain et encore demain". École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  11. "Grandir". La Rochelle International Film Festival. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  12. "GRANDIR (Ô HEUREUX JOURS !) Un film de Dominique Cabrera". ACID Cannes. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  13. ""Grandir" : confidences publiques". Noémie Luciani, Le Monde. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  14. "Grandir". Jérémie Couston, Télérama. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  15. "Grandir de Dominique Cabrera, Amour". Critikat, Carine Bernasconi. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  16. "Dominique Cabrera – "Grandir"". William Lurson, Culturopoing. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  17. "Grandir : Dominique Cabrera en famille". Laure Croiset, Challenges. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  18. "Grandir". Splendor Films. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  19. "Les films autobiographiques de Dominique cabrera : Grandir (O heureux jours !) + Demain et encore demain". Potemkine Films. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  20. "GRANDIR + Q&A". Institut Français. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  21. "Grandir (Ô heureux jours !)". Pompidou Center. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
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