For Febe Elisabeth Velasquez, El Salvador
- Media type
- Film
Pour Febe Elisabeth Velasquez, El Salvador · For Febe Elisabeth Velasquez, El Salvador · MOVIE
1991
About this title
Commissioned by Amnesty International for its TV program Ecrire contre l’oubli (Write Against Oblivion), Akerman’s contribution in the form of a poem is dedicated to Febe Elisabeth Velasquez, an El Salvadorian trade unionist and mother of three, murdered by the US-backed junta. Deneuve emerges from the calm of a Parisian night to deliver a heartfelt plea for remembrance of Febe Elisabeth’s too short life. Sonia Wieder-Atherton’s cello weeps appropriately.