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Yves Ciampi: The Adventurer

2025 · 62 min

A quiet, affectionate archival portrait that unfolds gently, rewarding viewers curious about a forgotten filmmaker's life and legacy.

Directed by
Sylvain Perret
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Sébastien Le Pajolec, Pascal-Alex Vincent, Delphine Ciampi
Overview
An atypical and little-known filmmaker, Yves Ciampi nevertheless left his mark on French cinema. Sébastien Le Pajolec and Pascal-Alex Vincent, university lecturers, along with Delphine Ciampi, musician and daughter of the filmmaker, paint a portrait of him interspersed with excerpts and previously unseen archive footage.

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Directed by
Sylvain Perret
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Sébastien Le Pajolec, Pascal-Alex Vincent, Delphine Ciampi
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  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
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measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
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Themes
  • art
  • memory
  • identity
  • family
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Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism9
Romance2
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Sylvain Perret
Starring
Sébastien Le Pajolec, Pascal-Alex Vincent, Delphine Ciampi, Yves Ciampi, Keiko Kishi
Music
Delphine Ciampi
Runtime
62 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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