A Taste of Ink explained

A Taste of Ink
Native Name:	Compte tes blessures
Director:	Morgan Simon
Producer:	Jean-Christophe Reymond Amaury Ovise
Starring:	Kévin Azaïs Monia Chokri Nathan Willcocks
Music:	Julien Krug Selim Aymard
Cinematography:	Julien Poupard
Editing:	Marie Loustalot
Studio:	Kazak Productions
Distributor:	Rezo Films
Runtime:	80 minutes
Country:	France
Language:	French

A Taste of Ink is a 2016 French drama film and the directorial debut of Morgan Simon.^[1] The film stars Kévin Azaïs, Monia Chokri and .^[2] It premiered in the New Directors section at the 2016 San Sebastián International Film Festival and was awarded by a special mention of the jury.^[3]

Plot

Vincent, 24, is the charismatic singer of a hardcore band and has already tattooed over half his body. With his angelic features and piercing gaze, he's got the world in his hands. But when a new woman enters his father's life, old tensions are inflamed. Vincent can no longer keep his anger and desire in check.^[4]

Cast

• Kévin Azaïs as Vincent^[5]
• Monia Chokri as Julia
• as Hervé
• Julien Krug as Matthew
• Selim Aymard as Zachary
• Cédric Laban as Ruddy

Festivals

A Taste of Ink has been selected to fifty festivals, including San Sebastián, Toronto,^[6] Rotterdam,^[7] Shanghai, Stockholm,^[8] Los Angeles,^[9] Zurich,^[10] Zagreb, Jerusalem, Bordeaux,^[11] and Guadalajara.^[12] It received fifteen awards.^[13]

Awards

• 2014 : Special mention of the jury at Grand prix Sopadin best screenwriter junior prize
• 2016 : Special mention of the jury at San Sebastián International Film Festival, New Directors section
• 2016 : Best actor award for Kévin Azaïs at Stockholm International Film Festival^[14]
• 2016 : Best actor award for Kévin Azaïs and Youth award at Saint-Jean-de-Luz Film Festival ^[15]
• 2016 : Best director award and Youth award at Tofifest Film Festival
• 2016 : Franco-German Youth award at Internationales Filmfest Braunschweig
• 2017 : CCAS Award at Angers Film Festival Premiers Plans
• 2017 : Best actor award for Kévin Azaïs at Aubagne International Film Festival international
• 2017 : Special jury award and Youth award at Lecce European Film Festival^[16]
• 2017 : Best film award at Fiuggi Film Festival^[17]
• 2017 : Audience award at Katowice Film festival^[18]
• 2017 : TV5 Monde audience award at French Film Festival of Romania

Nomination

• 2017 : nominated by the French critics to the Louis Delluc Prize of the best first feature film.^[19]

Production

A Taste of Ink was developed at L'Atelier de la Cinéfondation during Cannes Film Festival 2015^[20] and The Jerusalem International Film Lab.^[6]

A music video for the American post-hardcore band Being As An Ocean includes unused footage from the movie. It was shot ten days after November 2015 Paris attacks and is dedicated to all the victims. It is a live music video for the song This Loneliness Won't Be The Death Of Me.^[21]

The French title "Compte tes blessures" is inspired by the first album of the British band Bring Me The Horizon, Count Your Blessings. In the movie, the main character wears a black Chicago Bulls Michael Jordan jersey which is Oliver Sykes' emblematic outfit. The character who is also a post-hardcore singer has these words tattooed on his chest as a tribute to the band.

Notes and References

1. Web site: My French Film Festival: Morgan Simon Segues From 'Die' to 'A Taste of Ink'. Emilio. Mayorga. 19 January 2016.
2. Web site: 'A Taste Of Ink': Review. Fionnuala. Halligan. 27 Sep 2016.
3. Web site: A Taste of Ink : "We don't speak the same language". Cineuropa. Fabien. Lemercier. 26 Jan 2017.
4. Web site: A Taste of Ink (2016). en.unifrance.org.
5. Web site: "Compte tes blessures" : Kévin Azaïs au cœur d'un puissant triangle œdipien. Télérama. Louis. Guichard. 25 Jan 2017.
6. Web site: 'A Taste of Ink's' Morgan Simon: 'There Is Clearly a New Energy in France'. John. Hopewell. 22 September 2016. Variety.
7. Web site: French cinema: The lifeblood of Rotterdam. Cineuropa. Fabien. Lemercier. 25 Jan 2017.
8. Web site: Stockholm Film Festival announces 2016 Award Winners. News Powered by Cision.
9. Web site: 21st COLCOA French Film Festival Adds VR and Web Series Categories, Unveils Full Expanded Festival Slate. Kate. Erbland. 6 April 2017.
10. Web site: Zurich Film Festival showcases bold voices with 'Lady Macbeth,' 'I Am Not Madame Bovary,' 'A Taste of Ink' - Film Journal International. www.filmjournal.com. Rebecca. Pahle. 28 Sep 2016. 14 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170418081839/http://www.filmjournal.com/zurich-film-festival-showcases-bold-voices-lady-macbeth-i-am-not-madame-bovary-taste-ink. 18 April 2017. dead.
11. Web site: FIFIB 2016 - Compte tes blessures : rencontre avec le réalisateur Morgan Simon. Brigitte. Baronnet. Allociné. 16 Oct 2016.
12. Web site: Compte tes blessures. FICG. Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara. 2017-04-15. 2017-04-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20170418081926/https://www.ficg.mx/32/index.php/en/europa-nuevas-tendencias/1006-compte-tes-blessures. dead.
13. Web site: A Taste of Ink. 25 January 2017. IMDb.
14. Web site: 'Godless' wins Stockholm's Bronze Horse. Wendy. Mitchell. 20 Nov 2016.
15. Web site: L'avenir du cinéma passera bien par Saint-Jean-de-Luz. Télérama. Guillemette. Odicino. 9 Oct 2016.
16. Web site: Il palmarès del Festival del Cinema Europeo di Lecce. Duesse. Silvia. Mussoni. 10 Apr 2017.
17. http://www.cinematografo.it/news/fiuggi-film-festival-vince-taste-of-in Cinematografo, Nico parente (31 Jul 2017)
18. http://arsindependent.pl/en/the-black-horses-of-ars-independent-2017 Ars Independent 2017 Prize List
19. http://www.allocine.fr/diaporamas/cinema/diaporama-18668956/ Brigitte Baronnet (22 Nov 2017)
20. Web site: Atelier Cinéfondation 2015 . 2017-04-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161106202451/http://www.cinefondation.com/uploads/maquette_livre_15-04-2015.pdf . 2016-11-06 . dead .
21. Web site: Being As An Ocean performance filmed days after Paris attacks featured in French film. Alternative Press. Taylor. Markarian. 2 Feb 2017.