We enter a simple lifetime. The one of a village in which a child, a teenager and an old lady evolve, caught into the changes of their time.
We want this movie to be a crossroads of different aspects of the actual context in the Wayana country. The Wayana society is nowadays living a mutation. We have chosen to give this documentary’s lead roles to young people, because they are the ones who own the keys of future and its possibilities. They live current changes with most intensity. When we imagine two future episodes lived by teenager Stéphane, we try to express the young generation’s hopes. These projections in future time reflect the will of a generation to go over the current malaise. They seem to represent a real vital breath that will bring power to the documentary. In order to talk about the past, we distinguish Mythology and History. If the first brings deepness to a culture, the latter is a strength. We think it’s important to show both aspects. In talking about Hystory and Myth, shooting reconstitution sequences, we point out the elders’ feeling and the credit they give to conservation of this memory. We show it alive, we put it on stage. Some realities have changed. Struggle for survival is not anymore directed towards a hostile jungle. Links to the outside have been increased and bring their problems. The child in the middle of this agitation deals with what he can reach. Without judgment or bitterness, he shows us a new order. He is the link that allows us to go from a problem to the other.