In order to highlight part of the behind the scenes of creation, Anna Kadykova, director of the film The Mole at the Sea, answers our dreamlike questionnaire.
Discover the dreamlike universe of the directors, the imaginary worlds that influence them, the conscious or unconscious references underlying the films.
1- The character who touched you the most?
Totoro, Amelie Poulain, Humbert Humbert and many others. The toad from the novel “The Traveling Frog” by Vsevolod Garshine. This toad was not friendly, but I remember that it touched me a lot.
2- The character that scared you the most?
“The Nothing” from The Neverending Story by Michael Ende.
3- The character you would most like to meet?
Toothless the dragon from the movie Dragons.
4- The character you would like to reincarnate as (^_^)?
It's hard to choose just one but maybe Totoro.
5- The world you would like to live in?
An imaginary world made up of the different worlds that I love.
6- The world you wouldn't want to live in?
All the worlds of wars and betrayals.
7- What role would you like to play in a work of fiction?
Lyra from At the Crossroads of Worlds by Philip Pullman.
8- Your earliest memory of fiction?
I think The Neverending Story by Michael Ende. And also a world that I often dreamed of when I was very little. It was a world made up of creatures like elves and trolls, but I've never read any stories with elves or trolls so I guess they were born from my own imagination.
9- Your favorite word?
My favorite word is not translatable from Russian. Another is “ass” because it makes adults smile and children laugh.
10- Music you would like to listen to now?
Tom Waits. Original English version: