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10 MINUTES DE SILENCE POUR JOHN LENNON
France 1980 10'
2012 Wednesday, November 14th, Istituto Francese, 6:30 pm
Directed by: Raymond Depardon
In Central Park, Raymond Depardon films in a long, single take the Americans paying tribute to John Lennon after his murder in New York. -
DELITS FLAGRANTS
France 1994 105'
2012 Tuesday, November 13th, Istituto Francese, 6:30 pm
Directed by: Raymond Depardon, Claudine Nougaret
Paris, Palace of Justice. People arrested in the act of committing a crime are interrogated one after the other by the deputy prosecutor: a pickpocket, a drug addict, a petty crook, a police informant, an abusive husband, an alcoholic woman, illegal immigrants, a young runaway who prostitutes herself in order to make a living, an unemployed person, a wallet thief without a criminal record, etc... -
IAN PALACH
France 1969 36'
2012 Wednesday, November 14th, Istituto Francese, 6:30 pm
Directed by: Raymond Depardon
In Wenceslas Square in Prague, Jan Palach douses himself with gasoline to protest against the Soviet occupation. Raymond Depardon films the minute of silence at the ceremony in honor of the young Czech who gave his life. -
JOURNAL DE FRANCE
France 2012 100'
2012 Saturday, November 10th, Odeon, 5:00 pm
Directed by: Raymond Depardon, Claudine Nougaret
Journal de France has the traditional characteristics of a travel journal. We follow Raymond Depardon as he travels with his camera along country roads to find the remnants of a culture, of a memory. On the other side of the movie camera, Claudine Nougaret is a constant presence in Depardon’s films. Her loving eye discloses us treasured clips and outtakes. -
NEW YORK, NY
France 1986 10'
2012 Wednesday, November 14th, Istituto Francese, 6:30 pm
Directed by: Raymond Depardon
For two months, every day Raymond Depardon shoots four minutes of film in New York. The voiceover emphasizes the impossibility of filming the reality of a city. -
REPORTERS
Francia 1981 90'
2012 Monday, November 12th, Istituto Francese, 6:30 pm
Directed by: Raymond Depardon
The work of the reporters of the Gamma agency: long hours of waiting to take a picture of Caroline of Monaco, Jacques Chirac’s visit to small retailers, Valéry Giscard d’Estaing leaving to China, François Mitterrand at the Luxembourg Palace, a soiree at Cartier in Place Vendôme with Catherine Deneuve and Serge Gainsbourg, Coluche’s press conference, etc. A surprising immersion in the political and social life of the Eighties. -
TIBESTI TOO
France 1976 36'
2012 Wednesday, November 14th, Istituto Francese, 6:30 pm
Directed by: Raymond Depardon
Eight months on the Tibesti mountains, among the palm groves inhabited by isolated groups. This film is the only document on the life of the Tedas of Tibesti.