Love letter to Nazaré — Praia do Norte
Un hommage magnifique, du réalisateur Luke Huxham, avec ce film “GOING DEEPER”, à l’une des plus célèbres vagues du monde mais aussi la plus dangereuse : Nazaré au Portugal et son spot Praia do Norte.
A découvrir ci-dessous (15 minutes), grand écran et casque sur les oreilles, enjoy !
Le film nous emmène à la rencontre de 5 personnes
- le jet-ski freerider mexicain Abraham Hochstrasser
- les surfeurs portugais Alex Botelho et Hugo Vau
- la surfeuse française Justine Dupont et son compagnon et pilote de jet-ski Fred David
“Going Deeper — Love letter to Nazare” is a passion project filmed in Nazare, Portugal, directed by Luke Huxham. This isn’t an action sports film, its not even a surf film; its human story set amongst the most powerful waves known to man. And a tribute to Praia do Norte. One of the most beautiful and dangerous beaches in the world, where feats once thought impossible, has been achieved by the brave.
Director : Luke Huxham
Produced by : Huxham Creative Studio HCS
Executive producer : Atsushi Hoshino
Assistant director : Dominik Somweber
DP : Eder Robert
DP : Chris Bryan
Project Manager : Sean Line
Editor : Rambo Akira (HCS)
Assistant Editor : Luke Huxham (HCS)
Colour : Huxham Creative Studio
Additional crew : Yosuke Suga, Byung-Gyu Min, Nishiguchi Masahiro
Matos utilisé : 4 x RED 8K cameras with a Phantom Flex 4K for the high speed shots.
Back Story
We traveled to Nazare 3 years ago with a massive swell forecasted to hit as we arrived. We brought a film crew comprised of friends, nothing set up on the ground, just an idea with a loose script, and a run and gun attitude. Once we arrived, we headed down to the docks where we saw a lady walking around with a pink surfboard; it was Justine Dupont from France with her partner Fred David. We asked them if they wanted to be in our film, and from this point forward we met, Hugo Vau and Alex Botelho.
This project was a battle from start to finish; our first two-week filming trip ended without a single massive swell caught on camera. We flew back to Japan, defeated. One week later, we had a call from our water DP, Chris Bryan, telling us of a massive swell forecasted to hit Nazare, so it was a race to get back there. Not all our characters were in Nazare during our second trip, so we filmed as much as we could with the people available. We had two trips to capture as much footage as possible, but believe me, if we could keep flying back, we would. That’s the struggle with passion projects, time, money, and uncontrollable life events.
We hope this film can give you a sense of what it takes mentally and physically to ride these massive ocean swells.
Luke.H
Soundtrack
- Northern Lights — Longlake
- Redborn — One Hundred Years
- Lend Me the Courage of Stars — Christoffer Franzen
- Open Pages — David A. Molina
La vidéo met pas en visibilité la surfeuse française qui vit la moitié de l’année au Portugal à Nazaré. Ses dernières actus sont à voir dans ce post ci-dessous.
