Keep Me Upright
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Zoé Chantre
Zoé Chantre
Zoé Chantre
Zoé Chantre
Francoise Widhoff
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Filmmaker Zoé Chantre was diagnosed with scoliosis, the abnormal curvature of the spine, as a child. Here, she presents us with a scrapbook-like audiovisual diary of her search to find words to fit her symptoms and visual expression for her condition. Moving chronologically from her original diagnosis, Chantre splices together pencil sketches of bodies and body parts, medical diagrams and other images to create visual, linguistic and sonic associations. Her spine becomes a whirlwind, the Colonne de Juillet or a staircase, towers of computer hard disks replace the hard intervertebral discs she lacks in her back, and the sensation of being squeezed together like an accordion is taken up by accordion music on the soundtrack. As we join her on this playful journey about her medical condition, we come to realize that despite our physical imperfections, we all still end up getting by.
