![]() “We took a lot of time finding where we could film parts of the movie, and it made me rediscover our region – and realise how lucky we are to live in such beautiful settings”. Although it was mostly filmed in urban settings, the lakeside takes up an important place in the movie – “as a way to give the characters who spend their time in the city somewhere to escape to when they need some calm”, explains Adrien, giving for some beautiful scenes on the lakeside at sunset. The filming mainly took place in the old town of Geneva, in Nyon, and in some villages above Nyon, such as Begnins. “I love everything to do with magic and circus, and you get a bit of that in pickpocketing, you even get ‘professional’ pickpockets who use their skills to entertain! More seriously though, when I usually start thinking about a new story for a movie, I begin with just one sentence – maybe the core idea of the movie, and then develop from that one sentence to get the whole movie in this case, it’s the story of a young pickpocket who discovers, on a camera he has stolen, the picture of his long-lost love, and how the search for her helps him get a grip on his life, at a time where everything is going haywire.” “If pickpockets fascinate me so much, it’s probably because I’ve never had my wallet stolen from me”, joked Adrien about the subject of his movie. ![]() With no financing, the committee defined the profile of the actors and extras they were looking for before using their contacts to find the appropriate people, who all live in the Nyon area”. We want to have fun while making movies with a high standard”. This is our largest project by far, it took a year to make and brings together about 70 people from the region. He has just finished working on his last project an hour-long called the “Pickpocket” This film is an amateur movie made by local youngsters and is led by Adrien and a core committee of three or four people ( his sisters, girlfriend and best friend) under the name of Vol Ô Vent Production.Īdrien told Living in Nyon, “Compared to what I’d done before, this is something new, on a much bigger scale. ![]() He started when he was 14, and he’s still as passionate about it. ![]() But outside the classroom, he devotes himself to his passion: film-making. Jonas Parson, one of Living Nyon’s music and film writers, spoke to the director to find out more about this film.Īdrien Borruat is an eighteen year-old student at the Gymnase de Nyon. This film involves over 70 youngsters from the region and includes scenes of Nyon and the surrounding area. On Saturday 29th September at 19:30 ”Le Pickpocket” will be premiered at L’Elastique Citrique (Nyon’s circus school). ![]()
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