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D’où vient cet air lointain? Chronique d’une vie en cinéma

2018 · 88 min

A quiet, reflective documentary that feels like listening to an old filmmaker share her life and convictions with warmth and honesty.

Directed by
Yannick Bellon
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Yannick Bellon, Benoîte Groult, Marin Karmitz
Overview
In the evening of her life, Yannick Bellon reflects on her past. She evokes her career as a film director, which began in the 1940s and the themes, sometimes controversial (rape, bisexuality, drugs, ecology) she chose to deal with. She also tells about her friendships, her loves, her leftist political commitment, which earned her many troubles with the censors.

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Directed by
Yannick Bellon
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Yannick Bellon, Benoîte Groult, Marin Karmitz
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • memory
  • art
  • politics
  • identity
  • aging
Places
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
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Action0
Horror0
Humour2
Realism9
Romance2
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Genres
documentary
Directed by
Yannick Bellon
Written by
Yannick Bellon
Starring
Yannick Bellon, Benoîte Groult, Marin Karmitz, Nathalie Nell
Runtime
88 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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