Gold in the Ashes

Running time: 24’

A former employee returns repeatedly to the abandoned factory he worked in for years. As we watch him go through his strange ritual in the work clothes he used to wear, we follow him down the labyrinthine path of his memories.

Authors:

  • Magali Roucaut

    Following coursework in the Humanities and the Social Sciences, Magali Roucaut moved on to earn a Masters degree in documentary filmmaking from the University of Evry Val d'Essonne. Since then, she has been experimenting with audiovisual form, both in the films she has been commissioned to make for businesses, organizations, and television, and in documentaries of her own. Her artistic focus has been on the ties that bind people to the places in which they live and work. Each of her films is a cinematic attempt to explore and recount the interaction between them.

    Filmography
    2016 Behind the stone wall
    2012 Wasteland

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