The war has taken a worrying turn. After graduating from a university, Noé is called upon to fulfill his duty by joining the military; forcing him to leave Adèle, his fiancée staying in their hometown. Tormented by his Captain and military discipline whilst training at the airbase, Noé thinks of freedom in the harsh reality of the war. He confides his thoughts and feelings on his vision of life through letters to Adèle. He ends up leaving Adèle attempting to spare her from living in endless waiting – no longer believing in his own return.
This film is a sequel to “Listen to the Voices of the Sea” (2019) the first work in art video, based on a diary of a Japanese kamikaze pilot, Hachiro Sasaki. Kamikaze means wind of God in Japanese. During WW2 Japanese pilots attacked American aircraft carriers and army ships by dive-bombing their airplanes. For the realization of the second project, I transcribed a part of the diary of another kamikaze soldier from southern Japan, Norimitsu Takushima. By putting in his place a fictional French character, Noé Teissier, this translation sits in a broader contemporary context. The film ultimately reflects relationships to life, to death, to love speaking towards the universal experiences of any soldier.