Malaury Eloi Paisley, Guadeloupe, 2023
SYNOPSIS
Vertigo is anguish, a state of disorientation, a fleeting madness. Men, wandering in circles, are trapped in Pointe-à-Pitre, a labyrinthine city. They traverse it endlessly, as if on an infinite pilgrimage. This film recounts the transformations of a city that once belonged to the working people and was the site of revolts crushed in blood. Today, it is nothing more than a ghost town.
BIOFILMOGRAPHIE
After studying art history and museology in Paris, Malaury Eloi Paisley, a filmmaker and visual artist, attended the Ateliers Varan in Guadeloupe in 2016. She directed her first short film, Chanzy Blues. In 2019, she participated in a workshop on the aesthetic approaches to documentary filmmaking at the EICTV in Cuba. L’Homme-Vertige, her first feature-length film, was selected for the 74th edition of the Berlinale.