La Voix Humaine (eng. The Human Voice) is an opera film based on Francis Poulenc’s mono-opera. After a harsh break-up, Elle anxiously waits for a call from her ex. When the phone finally rings, the conversation unfolds in surreal images and changing music, revealing her suicidal thoughts and struggles. The conversation is repeatedly interrupted at the most critical points. Her ex’s words remain unheard and are only hinted at by her reactions. The telephone becomes both a lifeline and a gallows rope, blurring the line between hope and despair.
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Iphigenie Worbes is a versatile, award-winning artist from Germany. Prior to her Opera Studies (M.Mus.) at the Jerusalem Academy of Music & Dance, she studied Fine Arts at the Bezalel Academy (Israel) and Acting at The Lee Strasberg Theater & Film Institute, New York.
Andreas Schröder is an interdisciplinary visual artist from Germany. He studied Photography and Moving Images at the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig.
The Human Voice is their first artistic cooperation, fusing opera and visual art.
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CREDITS
Director
Iphigenie Worbes
Andreas Schröder
Screenplay
Iphigenie Worbes
Andreas Schröder
Cast
Iphigenie Worbes
Text
Jean Cocteau
Music
Francis Poulenc
Piano
Megumi Hata
Director of Photography & Camera
Andreas Schröder
Recording & Mixing
Joachim Müller
Mixing & Mastering
Hendrik Herchenbach
Stop-Motion Assistance
Angela Schmidt
Ophelia Worbes
La Voix Humaine
Text by Jean Cocteau · Composed by Francis Poulenc
© by G. Ricordi & Co. Bühnen- und Musikverlag GmbH
permission from Universal Music Publishing
With very special thanks to:
Anne Worbes · Regina Anbau · Peter Schröder
Angela Schmidt · Ophelia Worbes · Undine Beyer
Simon M. Osten · Eugene Perepletchikov · Sarah Wetterau
René Blümel · Nikolas Fabian Kammerer · Jan Raiber
Alexander Balzien · Jana Krzewsky · Tom Seifert
Ahmed Kamel · Dietrich Worbes
the supporters of our Crowdfunding on StartNext
LURU Kino Leipzig
Sandro de Lorenzo & Die Wundertütenfabrik
Ido Ariel · Efrat Ben-Nun
Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar
Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig