Philippe Garrel
Collection 1968
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Add rightsFormat Blu-ray Interzone
Original format 35mm
Year 1968-1969
Language(s) French
Artist(s) Philippe Garrel
Sous-titres English, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Korean
Running time 270 min
Films
LE RÉVÉLATEUR (1968) 65'
ACTUA 1 (1968) 7'
LA CONCENTRATION (1968) 89'
LE LIT DE LA VIERGE (1969) 99'
Description
"[Le Révélateur alludes both to the chemical process of photography through which the image is revealed (developed) and, more discreetly, to the deictic role of the young boy, like that of Saint John the Baptist. The film evokes Christian iconography, and in a particularly striking shot, we see Lafont kneeling on the ground, "crucified," while her son kisses her. In another scene, Garrel replays the Flight into Egypt: there, on the road, we see Terzieff and Lafont with their child. But at the end of the film, the boy is at the edge of a lake, all alone. It's a shot prefiguring the ending of Le Lit de la Vierge. Like Pierre Clementi's Christ, like Garrel himself, the child moves toward his destiny."
— Sally Shafto
"My opinion on the Christian myth is, I think, easily recognizable in Le Lit de la Vierge; it's a non-violent parable in which Zouzou embodies both Mary and Mary Magdalene, and Pierre Clémenti embodies Christ, a very discouraged Christ, who gives up in the face of the world's cruelty. Despite its allegorical character, the film is a denunciation of the police repression of 1968."
— Philippe Garrel