Though its aftertitles detailing the history of French nuke experiments suggest otherwise, writer/director Marion Hänsel’s Black Ocean is not a political treatise or a history lesson, instead taking advantage of the remote, isolated environments in which the experimentation took place – as well as the monumental imagery of the act itself – in order to communicate a more universal story about the power of awe. Ocean principally follows three young sailors on a French naval vessel in 1972, who are on course for an unknown destination in order to help carry out the bomb tests they’ve yet to personally witness. The film is essentially divided into two parts: before and after the blast.
Marion Hänsel
Director, Writer
Adrien Jolivet
Moriaty
Nicolas Robin
Massina
Romain David
Da Maggio
Alexandre de Sèze
Glass
Jean-Marc Michelangeli
The lieutenant
Steve Tran
Schaff
Nicolas Gob
Mayer
Antoine Laurent
Lining
Thibault Vinçon
Dedeken
Le ciel attendra69%
The Safety of Objects65%
Lucky Them60%
Respire70%
Strange Weather58%
Chaos63%
My Brother the Devil64%
Les Nuits fauves65%
Les adoptés68%
Starving in Suburbia65%
Bastard Out of Carolina71%
My Little Princess65%
Iron Jawed Angels67%
Holy Lands61%
Hounddog64%
I Believe in Unicorns64%
Banlieusards 360%
TalhotBlond63%
Polina, danser sa vie65%
The Girl in the Book58%
