"The revolution? You just have to watch it on TV!", Farraj launches to Anna when the first demonstrations erupt in Egypt in January 2011. While a great revolutionary song rises from Tahrir Square, 700km away from there, to the village of Jezira, nothing seems to move.
Anna Roussillon’s I Am The People is the charming, funny and fascinating portrait of a family, far from Tahrir Square in Egypt’s rural South, as they follow the Tahrir uprising via television news and local papers. From the toppling of President Mubarak to the election of Mohamed Morsi, the film charts their progression from amused distant observers of the events in Cairo through their increasing engagement and politicisation.
Cinema feature length documentary
I AM THE PEOPLE
2014
format
Cinema feature length documentary
Partners
Haut les mains
CNC
Île de France
Région Alsace Champagne-Ardenne Lorraine
Institut Français
SCAM
Périphérie
GNRC (Groupement National des Cinémas de Recherche)
Production
Narratio Films
Haut les Mains
director
Anna Roussillon
Je suis le Peuple
"The revolution? You just have to watch it on TV!", Farraj launches to Anna when the first demonstrations erupt in Egypt in January 2011. While a great revolutionary song rises from Tahrir Square, 700km away from there, to the village of Jezira, nothing seems to move.
Anna Roussillon’s I Am The People is the charming, funny and fascinating portrait of a family, far from Tahrir Square in Egypt’s rural South, as they follow the Tahrir uprising via television news and local papers. From the toppling of President Mubarak to the election of Mohamed Morsi, the film charts their progression from amused distant observers of the events in Cairo through their increasing engagement and politicisation.
Cinema feature length documentary
Film website
Prize received
TEAM
Réalisateur, Image & Son : Anna Roussillon / Son additionnel : Térence Meunier / Montage son et mixage : Jean-Charles Bastion / Etalonnage : Alexandre Sadowsky / Producteurs : Malik Menaï, Karim Aitouna & Thomas Micoule
Festival nominations
Press review
"Anne Roussillon first understood the place and the moment. There is a way here to be in the right place, at the right tima. Ferraj, the protagonist (...) is the perfect mediator. Both actor and spectator, he quickly becomes the chorus of a film. The extreme freedom of tone and speech shown by Farraj, his family and his friends amazes the viewer. Anna Roussillon signs here a magnificent political and citizen film, a beautiful page on humanity."
Laurent Dalmas – France Inter - 2015