What if we may reply to the particular person we have been eight years in the past? The documentary begins with a video watch discovered by SEB. He’s in entrance of the digital camera, a youthful model of himself and he imagines what his life might be like at 30 years previous. Eight years later, this sequence turns into the start line for Thirty. The documentary is a bit like a dialog between two variations of the identical particular person, the one who dreamed and the one who lives as we speak.
Certainties that turn into questions
For a very long time, the general public knew SEB by way of humor, challenges or spectacular journeys. In Thirtythe image is completely different. He talks about his doubts, the passage of time and this sense of not being on the identical tempo as others. He compares himself to his mates who’re constructing a household or transferring ahead in a extra steady life, whereas he looks like he solely is aware of methods to make “fairly movies”. The documentary exhibits an evolution in his means of seeing issues. When he was youthful, he had sure objectives that gave the impression to be clear, these of succeeding, creating and transferring ahead ever quicker. As we speak, his look appears extra nuanced. Success not appears to be only a query of profession, but in addition of non-public steadiness.
Breakup, household and extra intimate moments
Throughout his journey to PolynesiaSEB additionally talks about extra private occasions and meets individuals who will change his notion of success. Particularly with a fisherman, Matteo, who lives on a motto in Tikehau. He additionally talks a few romantic breakup which marked this era of his life, with out going into particulars. The documentary additionally focuses on his household utilizing archive movies and on extra painful moments, notably when he realized of the dying of his uncle on the cellphone along with his mom. These sequences change the rhythm of the story. They present an individual much less in efficiency and extra in sincerity.
A documentary on SEB… however not solely
Via his private story, Thirty talks concerning the concern of rising up but in addition concerning the failures, the regrets and the hopes that we are able to have about our personal existence. The documentary does not actually give a solution. Reasonably, it exhibits that at sure occasions in life, transferring ahead typically means slowing down and accepting that you simply can’t management every little thing. At a time when social networks impose a picture of everlasting success, seeing a person adopted by tens of millions of individuals admit his doubts and his fragilities feels good. Thirty is the sort of documentary that makes you need to take a breath and marvel about your personal life.
