2° FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE CINEMA GIOVANI
Retrospettiva - Nouvelle Vague

Une histoire d'eau

A Story of Water
by Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut
Country: France
Year: 1958
Duration: 20'


Biography

film director

François Truffaut

François Truffaut (Paris, France, 1932 - Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, 1984), after lackluster studies, various jobs and a short period in a reformatory, was invited by André Bazin to collaborate on “Cahiers du cinéma” in 1953. After making a few shorts, in 1959 his debut feature film, The 400 Blows, made him one of the protagonists of the nouvelle vague alongside Chabrol, Godard, Rivette and Rohmer. This was the start of a long and variegated filmography which made him one of the most famous and influential directors in film history.

FILMOGRAFIA

Les quatre cents coups (I 400 colpi, 1959), Tirez sur le pianiste (Tirate sul pianista, 1960), Jules et Jim (Jules e Jim, 1962), Fahrenheit 451 (id., 1966), La mariée était en noir (La sposa in nero, 1968), La sirène du Mississipi (La mia droga si chiama Julie, 1969), La nuit américaine (Effetto notte, 1973), L’histoire d’Adèle H. (Adele H., una storia d’amore, 1975), L’homme qui aimait les femmes (L’uomo che amava le donne, 1977), La chambre verte (La camera verde, 1978), Le dernier métro (L’ultimo metrò, 1980), Vivement dimanche! (Finalmente domenica!, 1983).

Jean-Luc Godard

Jean-Luc Godard (Paris, 1930) is one of the absolute protagonists of the Nouvelle Vague, first as a militant film critic for “Cahiers du cinéma” during the 1950s, then as a director, right from his debut with Breathless (1960). Over the course of a career which has lasted almost fifty years, Godard has established himself as one of the most radical and rigorous innovators of the film language.

FILMOGRAFIA

À bout de souffle (Fino all’ultimo respiro, 1960), Une Femme est une femme (La donna è donna, 1961), Vivre sa vie (Questa è la mia vita, 1962), Le Mépris (Il disprezzo, 1963), Une Femme mariée (Una donna sposata, 1964), Pierrot le fou (Il bandito delle undici, 1965), Made in USA (Una storia americana, 1966), La Chinoise (La cinese, 1967), Lotte in Italia (1971), Tout va bien (Crepa padrone, tutto va bene, 1972), Numéro deux (1975), Ici et ailleurs (1976), Comment ça va? (1978), Sauve qui peut (la vie) (Si salvi chi può-La vita, 1980), Passion (id., 1982), Prénom Carmen (id., 1983), Je vous salue, Marie (id., 1985), Soigne ta droite (Cura la tua destra, 1987), Histoire(s) du cinéma (TV, 1989-1998), Nouvelle vague (id., 1990), Hélas pour moi (1993), For Ever Mozart (1996), Éloge de l’amour (2001), Notre Musique (2004), Prières pour Refusniks I-II (2004) , Film socialisme (2010), Adieu au langage (Addio al linguaggio, 2014).

Cast

& Credits

Director: Jean-Luc Godard e François Truffaut.
Soggetto e sceneggiatura: François Truffaut.
Director of photography: Michel Latouche.
Sound: Jacques Maumount.
Editor: Jean-Luc Godard.
Cast: Jean-Claude Brialy, Caroline Dim.
Production company: Pierre Braunberger per Les Films de la Pléiade.
Italian distribution: Unidex.
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