Zine Andrieu
Les Origines du Monstre - Film - 25min - 2025
presented as part of the exhibition Panorama 27
Film
In autumn 2005, a mother tries to comfort her young son, distressed by his old brother’s temporary absence. Torn between the silence of the adults and the growing presence of his ima-ginings, the child tries to understand this enigmatic departure while confronting the shadows it leaves behind. This film is rooted in a deep need to break the silence, to revisit a foundational flaw in my personal history. I felt the need to bring these scattered pieces together, to reconcile perso-nal and collective memory. This dialogue between the imaginary and the real becomes a way of piecing together an emotional and historical puzzle, of bringing to the surface the images that I have missed so much.
At the heart of the film is a fable, one that the child I was once believed. A story shaped by a mother’s love, by her silent efforts to protect her children from the fate that befalls every working-class neighbourhood. This act of fiction becomes an act of transmission. The narrative unfolds in places steeped in memory: the family home, the scene of our joys and fractures, witnesses the transformation of my parents, but also police intrusions and the withdrawal of institutions. It is here, between past and present, that the heart of the film is played out.
Zine Andrieu
Zine Andrieu grew up in a succession of working-class neighbourhoods in France. A series of serendipitous encounters and ruptures led him into a world he knew nothing about: contemporary art. And so, in 2017, he moved to Bordeaux to enrol at the Beaux-Arts, from which he graduated with a DNSEP in 2022. Since then, his work has explored cultural clashes and the tensions between popular heritage and artistic legitimacy. He produces hybrid forms—installations, performances, videos and sound pieces— that speak of intimate and collective experiences, aspirations and fragments of everyday life. His deeply layered works function like spaces to be deciphered, in which multiple languages coexist: references to manga, video games, social networks, religion, but also to the myths, stories and beliefs that circulate in the neighbourhoods.
Production
Partners
Credits
› Écriture : Rose Andrieu
› Interprètes : Achile Malhache, Achref Toumi, Ali Jerboui, Kenza Bruno, Nagim Jaaouan, Nassim Quournif, Rose Andrieu, Said Anthony Lopes, Sofiane Aït, Sofiane Talaouada, Soufiane Jerboui, Wafa Lazhari
› Chargée de production : Barbara Merlier
› Directeur de la photographie : Maxime Berger
› Assistant caméra : Yanis Frichou
› Montage image : Camille Coutouly Bombard, Zine Andrieu
› Étalonnage : Baptiste Évrard, Marie-Sarah Piron
› Montage, mixage son : Martin Delzescaux
› Design sonore : Jade Primel
› Assistante montage son : Caroline Ferrari
› Assistante réalisation : Aurora Lovecchio
› Régisseuse générale : Rozenn Laliat
› Catering : Annie Borie
› Coach enfant : Lise Malhache
› Cheffe électricité : Alice Brunnquell
› Électriciens : Lucy Guerineau, Marius Hellot
› Ingenieur son : Paul Thauvin
› Perchman : Pablo Alonso
› Chef machiniste : Tim Fraux
› Machiniste : Tom Gardies
› Artiste 3d : Lazare Aibot
› Artiste vfx : Lucas Durot
› Vfx/3d : Alexandre Peschmann, Nicolas Pirus
› Conception dcp : Thibaut William
› Dessinatrice : Jade Jouvin
› Costumière : Louise Combeau
› Recorders mix : Dayvinn Simon, Geoffrey Durcak, Victor Lenoir
› Montage sons directs : Maxime Gallet
› Acteur bruiteur : Benjamin Poilane
› Accompagnement artistique : Ali Cherri
› Consultant écriture : Jean-Claude Taki
› Consultante montage : Isabelle Ingold
