2021 | France | Documentary

Le Transformateur

  • No dialogue 35 mins
  • Director | Pierre-Edouard Dumora
  • Writer | Pierre‑Édouard Dumora
  • Producer | Pierre‑Édouard Dumora

STATUS: Released

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In November 2009, Dumora walks from his childhood home in Paris's wealthy 16ᵉ arrondissement to the infamous Clichy-sous-Bois electrical transformer where Zyed Benna and Bouna Traoré died fleeing police in October 2005. Twelve years later, he transforms this four-hour pilgrimage into a powerful, 35‑minute performative documentary. Silent walking footage is punctuated by onscreen text—police radio clips, trial documents, survivor testimony—creating a haunting critique of social division, police violence, and memory.

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