Kid Wise 'Hope' by Truman & Cooper
David Knight - 24th Sept 2013
This superb video for Kid Wise's Hope by Truman & Cooper - that's Jonathan Cohen and Anthony Jorge – is ostensibly about a feral gang of teenagers on the loose in the French countryside, and how their extreme behaviour swings wildly from the sweet to the sexual, to the repulsively violent.
But that's only aspect of a story which is actually more devastating. In fact, the dynamic at the core of the video is virtually the stuff of Greek tragedy. The gawky kid in the gang (brilliantly played by Fred Hotier), mesmerized by the gang's leader's beautiful, sexy girlfriend, and unable to control his feelings, is drawn inexorably towards a horrible fate. Utterly gripping.
David Knight - 24th Sept 2013
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Credits
Production/Creative
- Director
- Truman & Cooper
- Production Company
- ChezEddy
Camera
- Director of Photography
- Victor Seguin
Wardrobe
- Stylist
- Julie Brones
- Hair & Make-up
- Julie Brones
Casting
- Lead actor
- Fred Hotier
Editorial
- Editor
- Manuel Coutant
Grading
- Colourist
- Jérôme Calvet
Commission
- Label
- LMI
Other credits
Title Design
Laure Martinez
Cast
Lola Young, Léo Faubert, Nathan Davrinche-Hamet
David Knight - 24th Sept 2013