Un conte de Michel de Montaigne

France / Switzerland, August 2013
FILM, Experimental, 35 min.

Save as Favorite
directed by
Jean-Marie Straub
Written by
Michel de Montaigne
Status
In distribution

“Practising” – a pre-modern text, but at the same time post-Cartesian. Montaigne recounts an incident that happened to himself, and succeeds, by and through this narrative, in showing us how an experience that is painful or threatening can be transfigured, and the danger that lies in salvation. A radically actual text.

«Dell’esercitazione», testo pre-moderno, eppure già post-cartesiano. Montaigne ci raconta una sua avventura e riesce a mostrarci come si trasforma ciò che è doloroso o minaccioso in esperienza, il pericolo in ciò che salva. Il saggio II/6 è il più splendido esempio del « metodo » di Montaigne, radicalmente attuale.

credits

World Premiere
August 2013
Original Version
French,  colour, DCP, 35 min.
Production
Andolfi, Belva Film GmbH
Producer
Arnaud Dommerc, Barbara Ulrich
directed by
Jean-Marie Straub
Written by
Michel de Montaigne
Cinemato­graphy
Christophe Clavert
Editing
Christophe Clavert
Sound Editing
Jérôme Ayasse
Re-Recording Mix
Jean-Pierre Laforce
Location Sound Mix
Jérôme Ayasse

Cast

Barbara Ulrich

World Sales / World Rights

World Rights
Belva Film GmbH

Worldwide Distribution

Switzerland
Belva Film GmbH Distribution

Festivals

(a selection)

Newsletter