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A cinematographic poetry that portrays the artistic link between the French filmmaker André S. Labarthe and his disciple, the Uruguayan filmmaker Gabriela Guillermo. The letters that were written over the years testify, not only to the mutual affection and admiration, but also their will to one day make a movie together. After trouble in the production due to the teacher's delicate health and his subsequent death, we witness in the winter landscapes the creative complicity between both filmmakers.
A “Cinéma, de notre temps” series episode directed by french film critic André S. Labarthe, originally aired 24 March 2012.
A “Cinéma, de notre temps” series episode directed by french filmmaker Estelle Fredet, originally aired 19 September 2014.
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André S. Labarthe, mainly known for having created in 1964 with Janine Bazin the television series "Cinéastes de notre temps", speaks here very little about cinema. Conversations reveal his meditative thought, expressed through metaphors or rather what could be called "idea-things" (pear, glass, doll, snail) to address topics such as time, speed, death, reality, control, chance, manipulation, editing...
