In order to highlight part of the behind the scenes of creation, Emma Vakarélova, director of the film Avant que je devienne une île, 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?
The Little Prince by Saint-Exupéry.
2- The character that scared you the most?
Here it is not exactly a character, but it is this whole series of engravings by Goya "Los Caprichos", which evokes the disturbing representations of Spanish society at the end of the 18th century. It's scary, because everyone recognizes more or less subconsciously, this dark thing which is hidden within themselves too.
3- The character you would most like to meet?
The Little Prince.
4- The character you would like to reincarnate as (^_^)?
(^_^)? Snufkin from Tova Jansson's Moomins from the beginning.
5- The world you would like to live in?
That of Pippi Longstocking.
6- The world you wouldn't want to live in?
I have always loved Tom and Jerry but spending my life in a world like that would be a bit hard, haha :).
7- What role would you like to play in a work of fiction?
I would like to play the role of the crazy one or the one who is stupid or just drunk.
8- Your earliest memory of fiction?
There are plenty of them, but let's say for example the magnificent work of Astrid Lindgren "The Lionheart Brothers", a painting by the Bulgarian painter Genko Genkov which was on our wall at home, a book with gypsy tales with illustrations by the Bulgarian painter Dimitar Lalev. I must have been 3-4 years old.
9- Your favorite word?
I have favorite words from each language I speak, and also I know some from unknown languages that I like like "Ikapala", "Injektopliaktor", "Lakponak"! Otherwise in French there is “Torticoli”, I love the sound, it sounds a bit like an animal from another planet.
10- Music you would like to listen to now?
Chopin's Nocturnes.