Thank you very much for affording me the opportunity to provide you with meaningful insights and go more in depth into Oscar’s journey. The finesse of your perception and the words you chose to describe your emotions after watching “Seven Wishes” reinforces my belief that the essence of the message I wished to convey was received with great accuracy. Your formula “a tender hymn to hope” sums it up perfectly, thank you, I am deeply touched.

The idea for the film “Seven Wishes” came up during a rather difficult episode in my life, during which I underwent two major brain surgeries and was brought into contact with disabled people while recovering. More than ever I realized that life can change in a split second and that I was entrusted with a mission to convey a message of hope.

The originality of this film also emerges from the fascinating visual choices you made: different formats, black and white … These are courageous choices but actually fundamental to create the feeling of a suspended, extemporaneous world, in which everything is possible. how did you build the shape and “look” of this film?

Black & White appeared to me as an obvious choice since it is such an enchanting and ferric way of expressing the poetic message that I wanted to deliver to the public.

I drew upon an extensive personal experience of black and white photography when making the choice to leverage the power of a black and white cinematic form of expression. Different cameras and formats were used to explore the multidimensional reality of Oscar’s story and serve the purpose of maximizing the metaphoric effect of the film.

 

 

If I’m not mistaken this is your first film. I guess it was wonderful to take this big step but, on the other hand, you had to deal with new challenges and problems. What was the hardest thing you had to go through during production? And what is the best memory of this experience?

Again, you nailed it. Beyond the fact that it is an hymn to hope, one of the objectives of this black & white film was to perform an alchemist’s kind of work whose goal is to transform the traumatic experiences of various people into a childlike tale. “Seven Wishes” invites you to get healed and overcome your own visible or invisible handicap, your fears and doubts or any kind of limitations you may have. Oscar is not a martyr, but rather a modern hero who could have walked through this film like a troubadour playing his mandolin, and the magical melody left in his path produces healing effects on those who hear it, and who, without even knowing it, are forever transformed by it.
His story is a reflection of our own lives and an invitation to take up life challenges successfully, never to give up, to continue dreaming, to transcend and elevate ourselves and keep moving forward relentlessly…