Marcel is a collective formed to make a film of the same name. A docu-drama about the factual and fictive associations between three celebrated artists who gravitated around the surrealist movement in Belgium and France: Marcel Duchamp, Marcel Mariën and Marcel Broodthaers. A rocambolesque mise en scène, hallucinatory décor and spatiotemporal collages make the reappearance of these ghosts of surrealism possible. 'Marcel' takes as its point of departure a re-interpretation of Marcel Mariën's controversial film, 'L’imitation du cinéma' (The Imitation Of Cinema) (1959), itself a satire of the book 'The Imitation of Christ' (Thomas Kemper, 1424). Playing on the intentionally outdated aesthetics of this historic film, Marcel approaches the past in a similar way to Mariën who based his film on a book from the Middle Ages to critique surrealism and bourgeois Christian society.

Douglas Park playing in MARCEL, Oostende, 31st July 2009

Bedroom scene, 30th July 2009, Bruno Marin with Maaike Neuville

CREDITS

CAST:
MARCEL: Constance Barrère Dangleterre
CURATOR: Anne Grandhenry
YOUNG BORED GIRL: Maaike Neuville
GHOST OF MARCEL MARIEN: Bruno Marin
DOUGLAS PARK: Himself
TV SPEAKERS: Jean-Philippe Convert & Ivo Provoost
DIRECTOR OF FONDATION MARCEL: Phillip Van Den Bossche
SOLDIER / PRIEST: Filip Gilissen
BANK PERFORMERS: Laurent Anciaux, Thibaut Espiau, Marilyne Grimmer, Meryll Hardt, Gérard Meurant, Grégoire Motte, Benjamin Seror
POLICE: Heidi Ballet, Constance Barrère Dangleterre, Véronique Depiesse, Sonia Dermience, Renaud Perriches

VOICE OF MARCEL: Pete Um

SHOOTING CREW:
Scenario & mise en scène: Kosten Koper, Jean-Philippe Convert
Production: Sonia Dermience, Constance Barrère Dangleterre
Script : Eléonore Saintagnan
Camera: Federico D'Ambrosio
Lighting: Lou Vernin
Sound: Eric Tatepo Kembo
Decors: Marilyne Grimmer, assistant: Thibaut Espiau
Costumes: Annemie Verbeke
Make-up: Marie Brabant
Hair: Ludovic Constant
Catering : Sofie Haesaerts
Runner : Dany Dermience

POST PRODUCTION :
Editing & Post Production : Kosten Koper

With:

Artworks:
Photograph in the bedroom by David Evrard, 1999
Poster in the bedroom ‘J’ai faim, j’ai froid’ by Ella Klaschka
Pannel on the beach ‘Kunst Museum, Afdeling XIX eeuw’ by Marcel Broodthaers

Video: Super-8 in train by Jean-Philippe Convert, 2005

Books:
‘Pense-bête’ by Marcel Broodthaers, 1963
‘Tout reste à dire’ by Marcel Mariën,
‘L’imitation du Christ’ by Thomas Kemper, 1424
Playboy Magazine, 1981

Decors:
Benches from SNCB (Véronique Piraux) / Chairs from Kartell (Thomas) / Images from the Banque nationale / Nationale Bank (Yves Randaxhe) / Prima

Locations:
Brussels: Komplot, Zennestraat 17 / Etablissement d’en face (Etienne Wynants) in ‘Vous les oeuvres d’art’, a project by Angel Vergara / National Library  / Q02 (Ann Goossens)
London: The Seven Stars pub
Oostende: The beach

This video is a production of Komplot

With the support of Vlaamse Audiovisueel Fonds / Netwerk, Aalst / Communauté française Wallonie-Bruxelles

And our friends Joséphine Barrère Vidal, Cathleen Chaffee, Nelli David, Valérie Denis, Fabrice, Lulu & Dany Dermience, Virginie Devillez, Marie-Jeanne Dypréau, Viviane Espiau, Isi Fiszman, Jonas Locht, Nathalie Rjewsky, Loïc Vanderstichelen, Johanna Weissenrieder

Eléonore Saintagnan, with slate for apartment scene, 1st August 2009