Festival Close-up : Le Petit fugitif, ciné concert

Since 2021, the Festival Close-Up has established itself as a major cultural event centred on themes of the city, architecture and landscape in cinema.

New York, early 1950s. Joey, seven years old, is left in the care of his big brother Lennie by their mother. But Lennie had planned to spend the weekend with his friends. Irritated at having to take his little brother everywhere with him, he decides to play a trick on him by faking a rifle accident on a waste ground. Convinced he has caused his brother's death, Joey runs away with six dollars in his pocket to Coney Island, where he imagines he can start his life afresh… He spends a day and a night wandering through the crowds and the fairground attractions.

Nicolas Cante accompanies the young boy's wanderings on piano and voice, mixing compositions and improvisations, entirely reinventing the film's soundtrack and creating as many sonic surprises as his remarkable musical eclecticism allows.

A pianist and electronic musician, Nicolas holds a diploma from the Aix-en-Provence jazz conservatoire and a state diploma in amplified contemporary music, and has been working on acoustic and electronic keyboards for many years. His musical and artistic experiments take him into the worlds of jazz, improvised music, electro, but also dance and cinema.

2009 in cinemas | 1h 20min | Comedy, Comedy drama, Drama | silent - French subtitles

By Raymond Abrashkin, Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin

With Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin

Starring Richard Brewster, Winifred Cushing, Jay Williams

Discover the full Festival Close-up programme: https://festivalcloseup.com/fr ; Credits: DR