PEOPLE I COULD HAVE BEEN AND MAYBE AM
53 min. 2010, The Netherlands

Directed by Boris Gerrets

Photographed by Boris Gerrets

Edited by Boris Gerrets

Sound by Boris Gerrets

Produced by Pieter van Huystee for Pieter van Huystee Film

Co-Production: Pippacine

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What would it be like to enter into the life of a complete stranger? That's the premise of this docu-fiction which was shot entirely on a cell phone. In order to break through the wall of urban anonymity, the film maker talks to various people on the streets of London, out of whom three main characters materialize: a Brazilian beauty named Sandrine, who's looking for a husband, a drug addict named Steve, and Precious, a singer and poetess. There is no script: what begins as a vague idea gradually metamorphoses into a confusing project, and filmmaker Boris Gerrets begins to have grave doubts about his own role in all of this. When he ends up in bed with Sandrine, he goes from observer to participant in his own film.

All these four characters seek happiness outside of themselves, in another person. They forget that in this world everybody is a lonely one, and happiness could be quite close – inside of you!

 

INIMESED, KES MA OLEKSIN JA EHK OLENGI
Re˛issöör Boris Gerrets

Mis oleks, kui siseneda täielikult teise inimese ellu, muutuda senitundmatuks inimeseks? Selline oli Boris Gerretsi mõttekäik, kui ta alustas filmivõtteid mobiiltelefoniga. Et läbi murda suurlinna anonüümsusest, alustas filmilooja vestlusi Londoni tänavaelanikega. Tema kangelasteks kujunesid kolm esmapilgul väga kauget persooni: Brasiiliast pärit iludus Sandrine, kes otsib endale meest; siis narkomaan Steve ning seejärel neegritar Precious, lauljatar ja poetess. Kui ühel hetkel selgub, et filmi autor on armunud oma kangelasse Sandrini ning leiab end tema sängist, siis on aeg ekraanile ilmuda ka Boris Gerretsil endal. Nii ongi filmis neli ekraanipersooni, kes kõik otsivad õnne teises inimeses. Nad unustavad, et igaüks on siin ilmas suurel määral ikkagi ka üksik ja õnn võib olla lausa käeulatuses - peidus sinus eneses!