An 85-year-old legend stares into a camera for 6 minutes. That's it. That's cinema.
Short film commissioned by the Cinemathèque Suisse to celebrate Jean-Marie Straub’s 85th birthday. Directed by Jean-Charles Fitoussi.
Direction
Fitoussi dares to simply hold the frame.
Acting
Straub's eyes contain 60 years of film history.
Director
Jean-Charles Fitoussi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Straub and Danièle Huillet were the enfants terribles of political cinema, infamous for driving producers to bankruptcy with their perfectionism.
Fitoussi studied under Straub, making this not just tribute but transmission — the student finally directing the master.
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