Second in the documentary trilogy from mastermind Jacques Rivette, featuring a conversation between Jean Renoir and Michel Simon, who celebrate their reunion by discussing, among other things, La Chienne (1931) and Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932).
Direction
Rivette's invisible hand lets two giants simply exist together.
Acting
Michel Simon's eyebrows deserve their own billing.
Director
Jacques Rivette
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Henri Cartier-Bresson appears briefly as himself — he was Rivette's cameraman and had just returned from photographing the last days of the Chinese Civil War.
This was part of a French television initiative to preserve cinematic heritage — ironically, it's now considered one of the most important documents of French cinema itself.
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