Madame la Marquise
Nominated on:Best Music Video
Film Info
Film Year: 2018
Film Duration: 4 min
Country: France
Director
Jeremi Durand
Film Category
Synopsis
Jeremi Durands powerful video for French rapper Keny Arkana imagines a near-future society at breaking point. Referencing the sentiment of wilful blinkeredness when the world around you is going to hell – as expressed in Paul Misraki’s 1935 song from which it takes its title – Arkanas Madame la Marquise calls out modern society’s indifference to the destructive path we’re on. Thats brought vividly to life by Durand through the use of faceless almost humanoid dancers, a deserted cityscape, and the freedom expressed through a drifting BMW contrained within huge barriers arranged in a square. The intensity is heightened by the clever use of stock footage and VFX.