ILE NOIRE (L')

of ROMBOUT Rob

BELGIUM, 1994, 00:53:00

Production : BRTN (Dienst Cultuur), GALATEE Films, NOTA BENE, PANDORA Productions, RTBF LIEGE, WALLONIE IMAGE PRODUCTION - WIP
Genre : Documentary, Social documentary
Keyword : Ecology, Environment, Industry, Portrait

Summary :
In the North Sea today, next to sixty thousand people are living offshore. On board of "F.G.McClintock" oil rig, eighty men and women work day and night in search of black gold. In such a enclosed and small place, faced with the wild sea, they can hardly express any spleen. "We turn around the rig thirty days on end in order to ensure the safety of the crew. Some people say that it must be boring. I don't think so... it's only boring if you want it to be" (Captain DERRICK, captain of the safeguard ship). After NORD EXPRESS and TRANSATLANTIQUE, QUEEN ELIZABETH 2, this film by Rob ROMBOUT is a new approach to closed microcosms.

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