Judith Du Pasquier

French current affair show

Despite the fact that there have been many changes over time in the way anorexia is viewed on a societal, cultural and medical level, the condition remains an enigma. For centuries, descriptions and interpretations of the condition - some conflicting, some complementary - have followed on from one another. This illness of mind and body resists any exclusively biological or exclusively psychoanalytical approach. The body, which becomes a battleground, bears the brunt of this relationship and dependency disorder.

The director is invited to enter the studio of a major painter on the French art scene, Marc Desgrandchamps. Attentive to his reflections, his questions, she observes him playing on the notions of opacity, transparency and superimposition. Shot between 2009 and 2022, the film also delves into older layers of the work, through the archiving meticulously organized by the artist.