Wilchar, black tears

Richard Olivier & 54' — 1992

Wilchar, the son of working-class parents, a dissenter and humanitarian anarchist, a perpetual opponent of injustice and a lithographer of violent and libertarian talent, a self-taught artist and a planter of bombs, was deported to Breendonk (a German detention camp in Belgium) during the war. The monthes he spent there fragmented his life forever. What he saw and underwen, as reflected in his drawings and his work, evokes unrelentingly the problem of the annihilation of the human. The steadfast defender of human rights and worldwide happiness can never forget his experience. And he shares it with us there, making us take part with all the force of his emotion and unassuaeable indignation.

Belgium

Production : Olivier Films
Coproduction : CBA, RTBF

Réalisation
Richard Olivier
Scenario
Richard Olivier
DOP
Jean-François Boucher
Sound
Frans Wentzel
Image editor
Maria del Pilar Morales
Mix
Jacques Clisse
Production
Monique Olivier-Licht
Image Format
16mm

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