In 2009, in a small theater in Geneva, Switzerland, the film directors Marcel Ophuls and Jean-Luc Godard met for an unusual, surprisngly intimate and sometimes contentious dialogue with each other in front of a live audience. Luckily for us, it was filmed.
Direction
Captures genuine tension without manufactured drama.
Production
Intimate staging lets the clash feel immediate.
Director
Frédéric Choffat
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This meeting healed a 40-year rift between the two directors, sparked by Godard's controversial 1970s criticism of Ophuls's documentary methods regarding Holocaust testimony.
Godard arrived two hours late and initially refused to be filmed, making Ophuls's visible irritation completely authentic.
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