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Marcel Ophuls, Words & Music

by Bernard BLOCH, François NINEY

Infos

Original title : Marcel Ophuls, Parole et Musique

Director : Bernard BLOCH, François NINEY

Production : Oeil sauvage

Duration : 54 Minutes

Year : 2005

Original version : French

Subtitled version : English

Country : France

Synopsis

Son of the director, Max Ophuls, Marcel Ophuls is both well known and unknown. In his house in Lucq de Bearn, “at the foot of the mountains that saved his life”, Marcel Ophuls comments on selected extracts of four of his films, The Sorrow and the Pity, The Memory of Justice, Hotel Terminus and The Trouble We’ve Seen. The screen becomes a public space where yesterday and tomorrow’s viewpoints confront one another. The films of Marcel Ophuls encourage us not to simply watch the passing train but to commit to judging our behaviour.

Awards

Selections

  • Documentaire sur Grand Ecran
  • Traces de vies
  • Contre-feux
  • Geneva Saint-Gervais Theatre
  • video library of FIDMarseille
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