Director Guillaume Canet works alongside actor Patrick Chesnais to warn about the dangers of drinking and driving. Fruit of this collaboration, the short film “Ivresse”.
“Drunkenness” is the name of the last short film by actor and director, Guillaume Canet, which will be shown in cinema and television this Wednesday to remind young people of the dangers of drinking and driving. In this film, we see a couple, played by Juliette Dol and Sébastien Magne, filmed in everyday sequences. These innocuous scenes of life are synonymous with good times, except when alcohol is involved. Because from the moment when drunkenness meets the steering wheel, no more images, but only distraught cries, the sounds of jagged sheets and the inscription in white letter: “Have fun, but stay alive.” ”
This clip, supposed to appeal to young people, is the result of an initiative carried out jointly between the Ferdinand association, headed by Patrick Chesnais, and the Vinci Autoroutes Foundation. A long-standing fight for the actor who in 2006 lost his son Ferdinand in an alcohol-related traffic accident. Following this family tragedy, in 2007 he created the Ferdinand Association, for which he has since directed eight short films on the dangers of drinking and driving, mainly aimed at young people.
To complete this project, the two associations have also set up a video platform on the site www.roulons-autrement.com last January. “We wanted to bring together videos from around the world that deal with the problem of road safety among young people,” explains François-Brice Hincker, from the Vinci Autoroutes Foundation. “And we still haven’t finished, there are so many of them! »He concludes.
But unfortunately, faced with the scourge of drink driving, the films follow one another and the figures are alike. In 2011, alcohol remained the leading cause of death on the roads. He was responsible for one fatal accident in 3. And in this report, young people are the first victims. 26% of road deaths are due to alcohol among 18-24 year olds. The good news, however, is the record drop in road fatalities in November, -15%! Perhaps the baby effects of prevention campaigns.
.
