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Pourvoir

1982 · 93 min

A stark, repetitive, and visually poetic experience that demands close attention as it slowly reveals its themes through angular imagery and subtle editing.

Directed by
Patrice Énard
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Erika Blanc, Christine Berteil, Françoise Bocci
Overview
Patrice Enard’s ‘Pourvoir’ is a film mainly comprised of images of women in nature, his style is stark and repetitive, shots are angular, which both hide and reveal. There is though a visual poetry to his work - once the smoke dissipates, a sexual liberation emerges, with subtle flourishes in the staging and editing threaded together by Marxist and Freudian discourses.

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Directed by
Patrice Énard
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Erika Blanc, Christine Berteil, Françoise Bocci
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • sexuality
  • freedom
  • power
  • gender
Places
  • countryside
  • wilderness
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour1
Realism6
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity8
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Patrice Énard
Starring
Erika Blanc, Christine Berteil, Françoise Bocci, Martine Boyer, Monique Carraz, Armelle Carrère, Corinne Chevalier, Marie-Claude Debord
Runtime
93 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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