One shots, the other speaks: Claire Simon and Mimi Chiola. However, Mimi is not a star. Strolling through Nice, Italian songs all about her, we are quickly convinced that every life is a story, and that every story can be made into life. Mimi is distraught because she feels she is everyone and no one at the same time. A demure, loving narrator, she is an authentic fictional character, whose unpredictable tale expresses an inexhaustible longing for freedom that knows no bounds. Featured at the Forum Section, Berlin Film Festival 2003.
Claire Simon
Born in London in 1955. She began her film career as an editor and director of short films, such as La police (1988). She also directed documentaries like Les patients (1989) and Mimi (2003). Her first feature was A Foreign Body (1997). Among her films, highlights are Ça brule (2006) and God's Offices (2006), selected for the Directors' Fortnight in Cannes. Festival do Rio presents this year a retrospective of his work.
