The Violence Is Always Happening Somewhere Else

Clarissa Ruth Natan

France / 2025 / Documentaire / 17’4”N2601210

Violence Is Always Happening Somewhere Else
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SYNOPSIS

[EN] “The Violence Is Always Happening Somewhere Else” is a documentary film presenting the personal journey of Clarissa, an Indonesian student who comes to study in France. The film reveals an unexpected link between everyday consumer habits in Europe and ecological catastrophe on the other side of the world. The film is the personal story of Clarissa, a young Indonesian student trying to adapt to her new life in France. Wishing to maintain a link with her native culture, she often prepares traditional dishes to experience the scent of her favorite spices and return for a moment to her childhood. However, during preparation, Clarissa notices with concern the huge amount of plastic waste she produces, even when preparing just one meal. Noticing this, she can no longer remain indifferent. Where are the traces of this plastic? European streets are remarkably clean, and bear no comparison with her native Indonesia, where plastic pollution has reached catastrophic proportions - huge landfills, polluted beaches and a sea in which it's impossible to swim because of floating garbage. Gradually, what began as a pleasant ritual of connecting with her roots turns for Clarissa into a painful realization of a global injustice. Where does all this European plastic really end up? It ends up in developing countries, including Indonesia. The film is Clarissa's reflection on the organization of the contemporary world, where the well-being of some countries is invisibly built on the oppression of others. The work reveals an invisible form of new colonial-ecological slavery, where rich countries keep their territories clean at the expense of poor countries transformed into global landfills.

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