• 7 months ago
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00:00The meeting of my mother with China is a succession of surprises.
00:29She was touched by what she saw.
00:36She had gone to see one thing and ended up seeing another.
00:42Not the past, but the story in action.
01:00The object of this explosion, you have heard another explosion,
01:05I think a third one now, forcing the students to step back.
01:14Those who used to live in silence, now felt like taking the floor.
01:19Students, workers, waiters.
01:23Something new sprang up, moving and vital.
01:29It's true, he went to protest against Michel.
01:34But he will come back tonight.
01:53We do not agree with the occupation of our country.
01:58We protest.
02:01I think most of these lovers filmed by impulse,
02:05because it was the story happening and they were the weak part.
02:14All they could do was bear witness.
02:22The images are loving.
02:25They were not made for history.
02:28They are just the remains of a moment in life.
02:32They record the meeting of my mother with the reality of an opposite country
02:37to everything she knew.
02:40She was happy in China and that's why I like to think of her there.
02:46When everything seemed possible.