Bruno Dumont on working with the writings of Charles Péguy: "Poetry and literary expression can be a very difficult tricky thing." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
In Jeannette, L'Enfance De Jeanne D’Arc (Jeannette, The Childhood Of Joan Of Arc), at times, little Jeannette (Lise Leplat Prudhomme) looks up straight into the camera (cinematography by Guillaume Deffontaines - Slack Bay (Ma Loute), Li'l Quinquin, Camille Claudel 1915) and addresses God. Our position, helpless, watching from the audience, curious what this defiant girl demands, turns us into an unexpected, stupefied deity.
It is the contrast that stuns, between the early 21st century girls and music (composed by Nils Cheville, Laure Le Prunenec, Gautier Serre with the three saints in the film, Aline Charles, Elise Charles, Anaïs Rivière), the turn of the 20th century text, and the 15th century subject matter that never ceases to be urgent. "More wounded, more sick, more suffering" will exist until "someone kills war.
In Jeannette, L'Enfance De Jeanne D’Arc (Jeannette, The Childhood Of Joan Of Arc), at times, little Jeannette (Lise Leplat Prudhomme) looks up straight into the camera (cinematography by Guillaume Deffontaines - Slack Bay (Ma Loute), Li'l Quinquin, Camille Claudel 1915) and addresses God. Our position, helpless, watching from the audience, curious what this defiant girl demands, turns us into an unexpected, stupefied deity.
It is the contrast that stuns, between the early 21st century girls and music (composed by Nils Cheville, Laure Le Prunenec, Gautier Serre with the three saints in the film, Aline Charles, Elise Charles, Anaïs Rivière), the turn of the 20th century text, and the 15th century subject matter that never ceases to be urgent. "More wounded, more sick, more suffering" will exist until "someone kills war.
- 4/8/2018
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Co-composers Aline Charles and Elise Charles together as Madame Gervaise with Lise Leplat Prudhomme as Jeannette in Bruno Dumont's sublime, unique musical Jeannette, L'Enfance De Jeanne D’Arc (Jeannette, The Childhood of Joan of Arc)
In New York for uniFrance and the Film Society of Lincoln Center's Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, Bruno Dumont joined me for a conversation at the Loews Regency on Park Avenue to discuss divine inspiration, and how he interprets Charles Péguy's nationalism, his Catholicism, and socialism. In his latest film, Dumont puts thought into action with eager young actors who sing and dance and summersault to produce a cinematic work unlike any you have ever seen.
Bruno Dumont with Anne-Katrin Titze on making a musical out of Charles Péguy: "It's truly a very strange idea, yes." Photo: Nicholas Elliott
After Camille Claudel, 1915 starring Juliette Binoche, and his absurdly funny Li'l Quinquin and outrageous Slack Bay...
In New York for uniFrance and the Film Society of Lincoln Center's Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, Bruno Dumont joined me for a conversation at the Loews Regency on Park Avenue to discuss divine inspiration, and how he interprets Charles Péguy's nationalism, his Catholicism, and socialism. In his latest film, Dumont puts thought into action with eager young actors who sing and dance and summersault to produce a cinematic work unlike any you have ever seen.
Bruno Dumont with Anne-Katrin Titze on making a musical out of Charles Péguy: "It's truly a very strange idea, yes." Photo: Nicholas Elliott
After Camille Claudel, 1915 starring Juliette Binoche, and his absurdly funny Li'l Quinquin and outrageous Slack Bay...
- 3/16/2018
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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