A story of water
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | A story of water |
| Original title | Une histoire d'eau |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 1961 |
| length | 18 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Jean-Luc Godard , François Truffaut (co-director) |
| script | Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut |
| production | Pierre Braunberger |
| camera | Michel Latouche |
| cut | Jean-Luc Godard |
| occupation | |
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A history of water (original title: Une histoire d'eau ) is a French short film by Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut from 1961.
action
A suburb of Paris is hit by a great flood. Despite the floods, a young woman is determined to reach the center of the French capital. She sets off in rubber boots. Soon she tries to hitchhike. A young man finally takes her away. However, all streets are flooded meters high, so you have to stop your car and continue on foot. Before reaching downtown Paris, they get closer.
background
Jean-Luc Godard used unused footage from a flood in Paris that his colleague François Truffaut shot in 1958. Godard dedicated the resulting short film to the silent film director Mack Sennett .
A History of Water was first shown in front of an audience on March 2, 1961 in Paris.
criticism
At-A-Glance stated that the plot itself was “taciturn” and that a narrator took the place of the dialogue “while making strange observations about life”. However, the recordings of the flood are "beautiful and give the film a lyrical atmosphere".
Web links
- A history of water in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Film analysis on notcoming.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ “The action itself is silent; a narrator fills us in on the dialogue while making whimsical observations about life. The photography of the flooding is beautiful and gives the film a lyrical feel. " At-A-Glance, cf. rinkworks.com