The result of a long immersion in the heart of a Brussels prison, La Peine (Emperors of Nothing) is an intimate and unprecedented dive into the depths of the prison condition. Through the daily lives of the men and women who live there – inmates, guards and warden – the film reveals the cracks and hopes of a humanity trying to resist its own negation.
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La Peine (Emperors of Nothing), a movie by Cédric Gerbehaye
Belgium – France – 2023
90 min – Black and White – French version
Direction : Cédric Gerbehaye
Writing : Cédric Gerbehaye et Andres Peyrot
Score : Fabrizio Cassol
Image and sound : Cédric Gerbehaye
Film Editing : Andres Peyrot
Production : CItizen Films et Industrie Films
Release date : 2023
Durée : 90 min
Production : Citizen Films et Industrie Films
In coproduction with : Savage Film, Shelter Prod, La RTBF Télévision Belge – Unité documentaire et VRT
Line Producers : Citizen Films – Nina Robert et Industrie Films – Andres Peyot et Brieuc Dreano
Co-producers : Savage Film – Bart Van Langendonck
Associate Producers : Esprit Libre Production – Arnaud Zajtman
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Thursday the 12th, October, 2023 – 7:30pm
La Peine (Emperors of Nothing) will premiere at the Festival des Libertés in Brussels, Belgium.
Born in Brussels in 1977, Cédric Gerbehaye is a documentary photographer and film-maker.
His projects focus specifically on the human condition and human rights, explore places both foreign and familiar, and explore a range from long-term photographic essays to web documentaries and feature films.
Cédric Gerbehaye is the author of several books: Congo in Limbo (2010) reflects the complexity of the little-known conflict consuming the Democratic Republic of Congo; Land of Cush (2013) follows the process that preceded and followed the independence of South Sudan. He published Sète#13t at the end of a residency initiated by the Festival Images Singulières in 2013. For D’entre eux (2015), he photographed for the first time in Belgium, at a time of economic and social crisis. His latest work – ZOONOSE (2022) – documents the various steps and consequences of the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, so as to anchor it in our collective history.
His work has received several international awards, including the Olivier Rebbot Prize from the Overseas Press Club of America, a World Press Photo, the Amnesty International Media Award, the SCAM – Roger Pic Prize, and the Lucas Dolega Prize.
His projects have been supported by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, the Magnum Foundation and the CNC – Centre National du Cinéma et de l’image animée. His work has been published in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Time Magazine, Newsweek, The Washington Post, The Guardian, GEO, Stern and Le Monde. Cédric Gerbehaye is also an Explorer for the National Geographic Society and a regular contributor to National Geographic magazine.
Cédric Gerbehaye’s photographs are part of the collections of the FoMu – FotoMuseum in Antwerp, the MEP – Maison européenne de la photographie in Paris, the Musée de la photographie in Charleroi, and the MFAH – Museum of Fine Arts in Houston.
La Peine (Emperors of Nothing) (2023), his first feature-length documentary, is an intimate and unprecedented plunge into the depths of prison life. By following the daily lives of the men and women who live there – inmates, guards and directors – this film reveals the weaknesses and hopes of a humanity that is trying to resist facing up to its own negation.
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