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Les Enfants Terribles du Cinéma

Feb 13, 2011 · 52m
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The documentary "Les Enfants terribles du cinéma" (The Terrible Children of Cinema) tells the little-known story of one of the crossroads of cinephilia, *OBJECTIF 49*, which culminated in the organization of the Biarritz Festival of Cursed Films during the summer of 1949. This festival was initiated by Jean Cocteau, then at the height of his cinematic career. In Biarritz, films deemed "cursed" were screened because they had not yet found an audience or had been banned by censors. This selection offered a radically different vision of cinema from that of other festivals, such as Cannes. An entire generation of active filmmakers was celebrated: René Clément, Robert Bresson, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Eric Rohmer...

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CAST

Jean Cocteau
Self (archive footage)
Jean Douchet
Self
Édouard Molinaro
Self
Claude Pinoteau
Self
Jean-Charles Tacchella
Self
Directed by Ezequiel Fernández

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Released
Original language
FR
Budget
—
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—
Production
Amo Films, France Télévisions
Country
FR

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