André Téchiné goes back to the 80s with The Witnesses and weaves a great story of newcomers whose testimonies describe the world as we believe to understand it today. With a terrific capacity to cross stories and worlds that may seem eternally parallel but converge in an outbreak of pain and hope, in this story all elements—earth, air, water and fire—conspire to elaborate a dance for a time that does not heal wounds, but soils them, blows into them, soaks them and burns them.

We are the witnesses, the spectators, readers and listeners of a story that we were fortunate to live to tell thanks to these other witnesses.