About Rapaz (Raptor / Rapace)
by Marie-Pauline Mollaret
Precise, dense and tense, Rapaz makes you dive into a news story, right in the middle of the street. By choosing to have a film within a film, and using the vertical shot, as on a mobile phone, the director places the audience as potentially active witnesses of the events. As the incredible drama builds up, the filmmaker blends the energy of the latest films and a sense of urgency of somebody who wants to bear witness of the excesses of his time. This collective unbridled energy goes all the way to show the unvarnished truth of humanity.
