Each episode of Dior Sauvage’s ‘Tales of the Wild’ focuses on an extreme life choice, and turning one’s back on a mapped out destiny.
Each of the heroes featured has decided on a living environment and a moral stance blending high standards, physical strength and introspection.
In the Australian opus ‘SOLACE’, the surfer Harrison Roach lives only for, and through, the ocean, in a spiritual dialogue with himself, tracking the perfect wave, day after day. Reluctant to any idea of performance, he cultivates a truly contemplative life philosophy.
Fascinated by the ‘GAUCHO’ way of life, Austrian Jakob Von Plessen has followed the path of his childhood heroes. Secluded in the splendour of the Patagonian landscapes, he is in complete osmosis with his horses and welcomes those who want to discover this lifestyle.
In’AIZKOLARI’ we meet Arthur Van der Putten, who dedicates his life to preserve ancestral traditions of ‘Basque Strongman’.
And lastly, Ethan Pringle, the barehanded climber, forms one body with ‘EL CAPITAN’, the famous Yosemite rock face in the Californian desert. With impressive bravery and gracefulness, he defies the emptiness and continuously explores new paths in the pursuit of physical and spiritual elevation.
For Dior, filmmakers Clément Beauvais and Arthur de Kersauson met those singular and strong-willed men. Convinced of the necessity of true meetings, they took the time to “tame” those adventurers who made nature their quest and ideal.
Working all around the world, they sometimes filmed in extreme conditions in order to capture authentic moments. They chose to catch the men’s characters with a 16 mm anamorphic film roll that became scarce. Their images possess a unique grain, a real vibration, allowing them to portray those four solitary, deep and humble heroes.
They have chosen hard work and contemplation as well as long-term technical mastery. Nothing on earth could make them want to be anywhere else.