A filmmaker meets a woman. From time to time, with his video camera, he films snippets of their life. He gradually comes to the realization that he is not simply capturing memories but making a movie. He asks his partner for permission to continue... After a year of shooting, 75 minutes of edited video is ready. He finds himself a good TV screen and films the images with a 35 mm camera. However things are more complicated than they seem : only simplicity of form in video gives powerful cinematic images...
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"This, Alain Cavalier's eleventh feature, is a real gem. Don't go see it. It's not for you. It' s for me. What I mean is : it's a film which strikes up such a singular and personal relationship with each individual viewer, that's it's almost incongrous to speak of exchange views with anyone except perhaps the person you love.(...)"
(Jean-Michel Frodon - Le Monde)
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Technical details
Feature film
Genres :
ExperimentalThemes :
LoveProduction language :
FrenchProduction country :
FranceOriginal French-language productions :
UnspecifiedNationality :
100% French (France)Production year :
1996French release :
02/10/1996Runtime :
1 h 15 minCurrent status :
ReleasedVisa number :
90.680Visa issue date :
21/10/1996Approval :
NoProduction formats :
35mmColor type :
ColorAspect ratio :
1.66Audio format :
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