DVD-Book : PAR LES FENÊTRES

A romantic trilogy by Christophe GAUTRY & Arnaud DEMUYNCK (France - 2009)

With the voice of Arthur H

• LE CONCILE LUNATIQUE
• LA VITA NUOVA
• UN SPECTACLE INTERROMPU

Based on the life and work of Jules LAFORGUE, Gérard de NERVAL and Stéphane MALLARMÉ.

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« Par les fenêtres » is a collection of short films dedicated to the romantic poets of the nineteenth century. Le Concile lunatique for Jules LAFORGUE, La Vita Nuova for Gérard de NERVAL, Un spectacle interrompu for Stéphane MALLARMÉ.

An unusual encounter between the modernity of the authors of the nineteenth and twenty-first century screenwriting.

YOU'LL SEE...

LE CONCILE LUNATIQUE

A young man opens the window of his attic room and discovers a lunar landscape which submerges him and threatens to imprison him in an eternal sheet of ice. He closes the window to escape this vision and hears from deep inside his soul the sound of a poem being sung.

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LA VITA NUOVA

The poet is at hiswriting deskwhen a coachman knocks at his window and invites him to follow him. A stream of memories passes by the glass door of the barouche... the opera, a wonderful diva... The time has come for the poet to write his last verse.

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UN SPECTACLE INTERROMPU

Swept away by the sound of a languid organ grinder and his cat purring, the poet closes his eyes and slides into a mysterious dream.

THE BOOKLET :

Booklet to find poems illustrated by images in the film, an explanation of the life and work of the three poets protagonists, as well as explanations of the techniques used in the trilogy and biographies of directors.

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