Naçiye Van der Straeten, a 78-year-old Belgian woman, is fighting Parkinson’s disease by boxing in Antalya, Turkey. In the ring, her body straightens and dances. Alone in her mountain village, the ghosts she is running away catch up with her.
About the Author
Gabriel graduated from the BTS audiovisual René Cassin in Biarritz in 2011, and began his career as a video technician with the Canal plus group.Wishing to diversify, he participated in projects of all kinds as an assistant, then as a cinematographer, or as an assistant director on the feature film "Alex, Clément and all the others" by Cheng-Chui Kuo, selected in several festivals.With friends from the same training, he founded his production company, Kestu in 2016. Gabriel directed and edited several advertising projects, music videos and short films ( Drift, Les Yeux qui brillent, selected at the Cannes Film Festival). At the same time, he is training in directing actors at the CIFAP in Paris.In 2020 he directed his first documentary "Pôle espoir", a 52-minute film about the young hopefuls of the surf and bodyboard pole, broadcast on France 3.
