BSAHTEK, SHORT FILM (3:31')
PREMIERE ON NOWNESS
A black leather barber’s chair, glowing neon lights, the monotonous hum of electric clippers...
Like the endless stream of football matches on the screen, haircuts are performed, one after the other, with nearly choreographic consistency, curls and tufts of hair falling to the white tiles below, forming growing mounds.
It is for this hair salon, tucked away on a narrow street in the Pigalle quarter of Paris, that some young people cross the entire Île-de-France for a precise, 10-euro haircut.
The story of a slice of suspended time spent before the mirror.
Shot in 16mm and over a guitar western feeling, the film seeks to capture, with an enthusiasm curbed by modesty, a moment off the beaten path, light-hearted yet serious, in which the haircut becomes a chance to self-perfect. Be it the latest trend or the ritual visit, an exercise of savoir-faire and style, the contemplative moment glimpsed in the reflections of the large gleaming mirrors becomes the refrain from another time.
A ballad that has been played by generations before us, the one that leaves us pensive and moved by the feeling that we are heirs to a tradition, the new charismatic gentlemen with the slicked-back dos.
Then comes the closing remark, bringing the flight of fancy to an end. “Bsahtek” – it’s the approval, the compliment, the last word uttered along with the final flourish that concludes the cut.
(CREDITS)
Starring: Ali Latif, Amine Lakhal, Milan Bodemer, Nouh El M’barky
Written & Directed by Marc Thomas
Production: SOLAB
Producers: Nicolas Tiry, Stéphanie Savornin, Marc Thomas
cinematographer: Bernard Jallet
Original composition by Pierre Oberkampf
1st director assistant: Matthias Pichard
Line Producer: Cécilia Kotula
Casting director: Anton Mebarki (IKKI Casting)
Production design: Felix Gesnouin
Costume design: Simonez Wolf
Hairdressers: Soufiane Moulai, Aymen Bouhafs and Sevil Tai (studio)
Makeup: Flavie Terracol
Editor: Grégoire Brice
Colorist: Arthur Paux
Post house: Everest
Graphic design: Atelier Pierre Pierre
Sound design & Mix: Martin Dillais
PHOTOS BY MARC THOMAS
(Credits)
With Augustin De Winter, Sharon Mann,
Sylvain Baumann and Shamrock
Written and directed by Marc Thomas
Production: SOLAB
Executive producer: Evan Djenki
Production director: Dayan D. Oualid
cinematographer: Louis Evennou
Sound engineer: Jean-Charles Kraimps
Styling: Maud Dupuy
Casting director: Aude Mancel
Editor: Simon Tristant
Colorist: Nadia Khairat
Title design: Atelier Pierre Pierre
photography: marc thomas
(CREDITS)
Director: Marc Thomas
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Clément de Hollogne
Production: SOLAB
Executive Producer: Stéphanie Savornin
Line Producer: Cécilia Kotula
Editing: Jon Echeveste
Music: Staub Audio
COLORIST: Gabriel Porier
Postproduction: LUX
Agency: Publicis La Maison
Managing Director: Alexandre Dray
Art director: Eglee de Richemont
