The Base
Written and directed by Vadim DUMESH
Documentary • 72 mn • 2023
Synopsis
With the cameras of their smartphones, Parisian taxi drivers chronicle the Base Arrière Taxi, a gigantic isolated transit hub on the outskirts of Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport. Here, more and more aging drivers, immigrants from all corners of the world, spend long hours waiting to be dispatched to the terminals. Here they find refuge from fatigue and the fierce competition from the metropolis. Here, suspended in space and time, they foster community life to escape the decline of their trade and the fast-changing world.
Produced by
Les Films de l’œil sauvage (France)
In coproduction with
Vià93 (France)
Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains (France)
Pictanovo (France)
With the support of
CNC – Fonds de Soutien Audiovisuel & Fonds d’Aide à l’Innovation Audiovisuelle, Fonds Images de la Diversité
Région Île-de-France
Direction Générale des Patrimoines et de l’Architecture
Pictanovo
Périphérie - Cinéastes en résidence
CNAP – Image-Mouvement