Synopsis
This experimental documentary is filmed like the work of alchemist painters through three portraits. The movie describes the fight of the artist, with his brush, to transform a visual memory of the faces into a painting, using techniques that look like magic.
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- Executive Producer : Sidiani
Full credits (6)
- Executive Producer : Alain Mazars
- Screenwriter : Alain Mazars
- Director of Photography : Alain Mazars
- Music Composer : Bernard Parmegiani
- Editor : Alain Mazars
- Sound Recordist : Alain Mazars
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Experimental
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 1983
- Runtime : 20 min
- Visa number : 58212
- Visa issue date : 29/03/1984
- Color type : Color
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