Skinoussa is a small Greek island of only 90 inhabitants, buried in the Cyclades archipelago as if it was drowned between two blue immensities: the sky and the water. No running water, no electricity, no doctor, no police, but a priest, two national holidays, and two cafes: time seems to have stood still there as if the small island had been forgotten. Jean Baronnet discovered it by chance. He was taking a boat ride, he fell in love with it. He chose to film the place like Brueghel, a long time ago, painted his famous painting Landscape with the fall of Icarus.
Jean Baronnet was born in Paris in 1929 and studied music at the Conservatory. He became a sound engineer on few films directed by Jean Daniel Pollet, Claude Lelouche or Alain Cavalier. He directed 11 documentaries from 1982 until 2004.
