MuseoMag: MuseoMag 2016_04

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Title:: The making of Pont Adolphe - The (short) movie: Young actor Fábio Godinho stars in the film of the new exhibition at the Musée Dräi Eechelen

6 museomag 04 ‘ 2016 the making of pont adolphe – the (short) movie young actor fábio godinho stars in the film of the new exhibition at the musée drÄi eechelen © éric chenal When you step into the exhibition Pont Adolphe 1903, you immediately hear a man‘s voice, soon realizing it is talking about the bridge. Towards the end of about the first half of the tour, you reach the spot where the voice comes from: a short, 18-minute-long film that is being projected in a constant loop onto the walls of the exhibition space. It tells the story of the planning, building and impact of the Adolphe Bridge, and it has one single star: Fábio Godinho, the Portuguese actor brought up in Luxembourg, who is pursuing a career as actor and theatre director in both France and Luxembourg. Can you tell me a little about how this project came about? I was asked by Mr. François Reinert from the Musée Dräi Eechelen if I was interested and available to participate in a film about the Adolphe bridge for an exhibition on that subject. The invitation itself came later from the agency that actually produced the film. What were your first thoughts on an exhibition about a bridge? I confess that I didn’t imagine how interesting this exhibition would be. Construction sites are not necessarily everybody’s thing, and many are annoyed because of the traffic disruptions (I say that at the beginning of the film). But it is about so much more! The bridge really changed the city and how people lived in it. It was like a revolution! In the film you are the narrator but you also play several roles. How many and which exactly? I get to play the Grand-Duke, the photographer Bernhoeft (who consistently photographed the construction), a peasant and an engine driver. That is the dream of every boy! You actually got to blow the engine’s whistle. But where does a train fit in all this? Wasn’t the bridge just for cars? We know that the tram will cross it in the future… Yes, there was a train from the very beginning (and later a tram). It was a very famous train, Charly, that linked Luxembourg City’s train station with Echternach. So the Adolphe bridge changed the city as well as its connection to Echternach. So you drove of the train to what would become your future hometown in Luxembourg, long before your parents came to live here! In the film, the train is an animated image and you also appear Fábio Godinho as Charles Bernhoeft, photographer to the Court

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