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Marcel Ophuls and Jean-Luc Godard: The Meeting in St-Gervais
Directed by Frederic Choffat and Vincent Lowy
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In 2009, in a small theater in Geneva, Switzerland, the film directors Marcel Ophuls and Jean-Luc Godard met for an unusual, surprisingly intimate and sometimes contentious dialogue with each other in front of a live audience. Luckily for us, it was filmed.

Ophuls' film THE SORROW AND THE PITY triggers Godard to discuss his personal and fragmented childhood memories about his escape to Switzerland during World War, while Ophuls recalls the controversy surrounding the release of his film in France.

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The issue of the written word being taken more seriously than the moving image is brought up by Godard. Throughout their meeting, the two directors debate about national and ethnic identities, what it means to be Jewish, the role of the director, and auteur theory, which ultimately reveals why they never collaborated on a tentative film that was once discussed.

MARCEL OPHULS AND JEAN-LUC GODARD: THE MEETING IN ST-GERVAIS gives us the unique opportunity to spend time with an encounter between two of the most influential and idiosyncratic post-war film directors. Godard and Ophuls are in the twilight of their years, but they remain provocative, sharp, and as uncompromising as ever.

"Funny, fascinating, radical"—La Tribune de Geneve

"The conversation engrosses the viewer intellectually and emotionally and is highly recommended both for academia and pure pleasure. "—Educational Media Reviews Online

"Very insightful"—Cinehouse UK

"A fabulous document going beyond the frame of the Seventh Art"—Constantin Xenakis, Cineman

"Pleasant and generous, a feast"—Le Courrier

"A moment of magic"—20 Minutes

"Dialogue of the century"—La Recontre

"Extremely entertaining"—Talking Pictures

2011 Visions du Reel
2011 FID Marseille
2011 Festival des Films du Nouveau Monde
2011 Festival Lumiere

44 minutes / Color
French / English subtitles
Release: 2011
Copyright: 2010

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Subject areas:
Cinema Studies, Cultural Studies, Film History, French Culture, Jewish Film Festivals, Jewish Studies, US & Canadian Broadcast Rights

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