"Wadley", Matias Meyer

Wadley de Matias Meyer

Mexique, 2008, vidéo, couleur, 56'

Production : Axolote Cine

A man under the influence of peyote wanders in the Mexican desert of Saint Luis Potosi. Just as crushed as he is reinvigorated by the power of nature, he is confronted by his own solitude. Matias Meyer closely follows this hero who is both mythical and modern, often isolating him as a tiny being within the immensity of the frame-landscape. Scrutinising every episode of his intimate meanderings with an avid fascination for detail, Meyer accompanies this psychedelic trek through all the lights of night and day. An organic initiation narrative, a luminous cousin to Gus Van Sant's Gerry, Wadley is a radiant cinematographic meditation.

Born in Perpignan, Matias Meyer studied cinematic theory at the Sorbonne while pursuing his passion for photography. He later studied at the Centro de Capacitation Cinematografica de Mexico, where he recieved his director's diploma in 2006. His graduation film, Verde, whose themes and aesthetic propositions are not dissimilar to certain elements of Wadley, as well as his previous short film, El Pasajero, in 2004, were internationally successful at festivals.