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WILL I HAVE A CAMERA (ALINE TRILOGY PART 1) (FRANCE)
By Egi David Perdana II

GENRE: Comedy, Drama
LOGLINE:

An 11-year-old boy goes on a street adventure and survives in a deceptive way to achieve his dreams, buy a camera and start a career as a filmmaker.

SYNOPSIS:

(Spoiler Alert)

Clement is an 11-year-old boy who lives alone with his deaf and senile grandmother, his grandmother can never be invited to communicate, the only way to get closer to his grandmother is to watch pieces of film on an old projector screen, the legacy of his father who became the victim of the wrong shot, from his days watching movies with his grandmother that Clement became interested in the film world, he intended to buy a camera, but Clement realized that he was a very poor person, his father's projector could not bear to sell, because it was his memories with his father, the days went by, Clement, who became a seller of gunpowder made by himself for the soldiers day after day, could not forget his dream, even because he was negligent as a result of thinking about the camera, the hands of one of his friends were burned by gunpowder, resulting in illegal work Clement was caught, he could not go to the military camp again.

 

Two years passed, Clement was still thinking about the camera, Clement's two-day life was only eating and watching the projector with his grandmother, every time he saw scene after film, Clement's intention to become a filmmaker was getting bigger, he also did everything he could to buy a camera, including committing a crime that is exchanging similar items for profit, of course it is controlled by an adult. Incidentally Rene, the boss has a connection with the director who, although arguably an amateur, can already make Clement satisfied, as long as he can just touch the camera, Clement is even more obedient to all Rene's words, because he promised to buy the latest camera, without Clement knowing he had left her grandmother for months, for the first one and two months, he lived at the train station, and the third to fourth months, he lived on a boat deck, owned by a wealthy man, who was deliberately parked on the edge of the pier, just to show off, and the rest Another month Clement slept wherever he could sleep.

 

The experience of living in various corners of the city and places provides a wide view for Clement's eyes for camera shoot techniques, even he has memorized with his brain and imagination, how he will take the angle of the picture when the camera is in his hand, his dreams of the camera will be even brighter , of course with the sad fact that Clement forgot his grandmother, and the day promised by Rene to meet the amateur director was realized, but unfortunately on that day the German army bombarded the city of Paris and it was reported that the amateur director became one of the victims killed, work Clement hard for months into vain. When going home Clement saw a teenage girl who led her grandfather, Clement finally realized that he had left his grandmother, he immediately returned by deceiving a rich nobleman by saying that Clement was actually a child actor who was acting and ran out of money halfway.

 

Arriving at the house, Clement, did not find his grandmother in any corner of the room, Clement became worried but suddenly someone came in and opened the door, it turns out that Mrs. Pier, Clement's neighbor, Pier claimed to have taken care of the grandmother, when Clement left, saw the grandmother who seemed happy to be cared for by Pier, Clement also asked permission to travel to the city, moreover it seemed that Pier was happy taking care Clement's grandmother, because Pier who had lost mother figure and considered Lumier (Clement's grandmother's name) as her biological mother, Clement left to the city, of course by deceiving again, he lied to a foolish broker and confessed that Clement was a rich child who was abandoned by his brothers because of inheritance issues, and again with that talent Clement succeeded in deceiving others.

 

Arriving in the city, Clement, using his talent to deceive money to get a camera, because the atmosphere when it was war, it was easy for Clement to fool people until finally Clement became a conversation everywhere because of his deceptive skills, but fraudsters can be fooled too, one day Clement saw a little girl with her dog who were both dying, the little girl said that she was a rich traveler who was lost, through a tickling dialogue and seduction from the girl who claimed to be named Alena, finally Clement was willing to take Alena to his house turned out to be a great distance, the proceeds from deceiving Clement were used up on the road to buy various necessities, of course with a variety of reasons made by Alena, at one time Alena invited Clement to watch a movie in the cinema, Clement responded to it happily heart, Alena said willingly that she was willing to queued to buy tickets at the cinema, without suspicion Clement agreed, and Clemet realized that how stupid he was, because it turned out that Alena had escaped through the back door of the cinema, aware that he was deceived and his money ran out of nothing, Clement also promised not to trust anyone. who else, especially because of too trusting in others (usually con artists should be the opposite) he failed to get a camera.

 

He also continued his action of deceiving people, suddenly in the middle of the road he met a person who claimed to be a fraud also and he said that he and Clement were being targeted by the police, the person invited Clement to discuss somewhere, when asked "why?" the person who claimed to be named Vigo knew Clement's face, Vigo said that he and Clement's faces were plastered everywhere, Clement felt strange because he could not find any poster of his face on the walls of Paris, Clement also concluded that Vigo was a con artist, even though Vigo himself said that his men had secretly removed all the posters, but Clement did not believe and left Vigo.

 

The result is predictable, when in action Clement was arrested, he was tried and thrown in prison for 25 years, even though he was still 15 years old, but Clement was considered detrimental to many people for their own benefit during the war. While in prison whether he was a blessing or something, he met a screenwriter who was jailed for being too vocal through the films he wrote, Clement was taught camera techniques and script writing by Jean (the name of the vocal writer). From day to day he also learned about what film is and how to produce quality films even though he never held a camera at all, because such objects are prohibited from being in prison. 25 years passed and Clement was free, he was determined to get a camera and become a filmmaker, of course, in the right way. Will Clement be able to get a camera and make his own film?

Nathaniel Baker

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