Marion Desseigne Ravel

As a teenager, Marion Desseigne Ravel trained in circus arts. A serious injury kept her out of the rehearsal studios and led her to discover filmmaking, participating in P. Trédez’s documentary Bitter Victories, about the struggles of migrants without papers in the Île-de-France region. Through this, she forged a relationship with images based on reality and encounters. Entering the Fémis film school, she discovered the work with actors and developed a taste for fiction. She has directed several short films, including The Walls, End of Summer, and Journey to Lemuria, which were selected for various festivals. Actively involved in community work, she also leads film education workshops for women and children without papers in the Goutte d’Or neighborhood.

She was supported by Le Groupe Ouest and later through LA SÉLECTION for the development of her feature film Cats Have Nine Lives, I Have a Bit Less. In parallel, she continues to collaborate on the writing of other film projects.

Marion Desseigne Ravel
Marion Desseigne Ravel présentant son projet devant un parterre de producteurs.trices dans le cadre de LA SÉLECTION en 2017 - évènement annuel co-organisé par le Groupe Ouest et la Fondation Gan pour le Cinéma jusqu'en 2018. © Regis d'Audeville

Les Chats ont neuf vies, moi un peu moins

Sélection Annuelle 2016, La Sélection 2017

My name is Désiré, I’m an 18-year-old boy from Rwanda. No, actually I’m a girl from Mali. I fancy Lili, my neighborhood dealer but also Jacques, the cop chasing her. Frankly, life can be complicated at times…