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Nouvelles Vagues
Nouvelles Vagues

Edition 2023

BIARRITZ SURF GANG

Pierre Denoyel & Nathan Curren

France, USA 2017 64min French with English subtitles

In the 1980s, a bunch of surfer friends from Biarritz’ Grande Plage win all the titles just as they live on their own terms. The film is about a crucial period for surf that went from a counterculture phenomenon to a high-performance sport. A quest of the absolute and pure sensations that could take you to breaking competition records or directly to jail. This is the unknown story of the six best European surfers. This is the story of their rise and fall. 

Crédits

Cast

Tom Curren, Jeff Hakman, Jeff Hakman

Screenplay

Pierre Denoyel & Nathan Curren

Image

Michel Jakobi

Editing

Cyril Besnard

Sound

Pascale Roque

Music

Alex Crow

Production

Raphaël Carassic

Pierre Denoyel & Nathan Curren

Hailing from Biarritz, Nathan Curren studied film at Santa Barbara City College’s SBCC, California, and at the School of Visual Arts in New York. Also from Biarritz, Pierre Denoyel works in the visual industry for brands like Quiksilver or Nike as a director, cameraman and director of surfing videos. 

Séances

Thursday 29 — 17:30

Cinéma Le Royal Salle n°2

Directors in person

Special session