She

Source: CAT&Docs

‘She’

EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based sales outfit CAT&Docs has taken on international sales for Parsifal Reparato’s documentary She, which world premieres as part of Critics Week at Locarno Film Festival.

The film focuses on female workers in one of the largest electronic industrial plants based in Vietnam, who work 12-hour shifts, day and night. Although each protagonist is different, they are all connected in the exploitation they are subjected to every day.

Besides CAT&Doc representing international sales, Italian distribution rights are with AntropicA and PFA Films, while Les Films de l’oeuil sauvage is to distribute the film in France.

“She embodies everything we love at CAT&Docs: a highly artistic approach to a major social issue,” said CAT&Docs president and CEO Catherine Leclef. “While the film focuses on the working conditions of female workers in a Vietnamese electronics factory, it resonates globally, questioning the very structure of the global economy.” 

Reparato is an Italian director, producer, anthropologist and journalist whose work combines ethnographic research with films focused on social justice, labour rights, biodiversity and mental health. He previously directed 2017’s Nimble Fingers. 

He is also the founder of production company AntropicA and the Ethnographic Filmmaking Lab, which supports young filmmakers with the development of documentary projects.

Reparato said: “I always thought of CAT&Docs as the best sales agent I could wish for on this project, both because they are among the top players in this sector, but above all because they have great experience and passion for projects that deal with social issues such as those in She.”

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