Children’s Game #2: Ricochets

Synopsis

The bay is peaceful, framed by low hills in the distance. Three boys stand thigh-deep in the brown water, trousers rolled up. The biggest, on the left, is proficient in the art of stone-skimming: sending flat pebbles spinning over the water in such a way that they bounce off the surface as many times as possible before sinking. The middle boy feeds him stones from a stockpile inside his t-shirt, while the smallest looks on laughing. The skimmer throws quickly, intently, without thinking, without assessing his stone. Some stones sink at the second bounce; some skip a long way. It’s all the same to him, he must keep throwing.

Main Cast

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Camera	Camera Operator	Rafael Ortega
Editing	Editor	Julien Devaux
Directing	Director	Francis Alÿs
Department	Role	Name

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