Benoît Dervaux (Fragments of Works) - 3-DVD Box Set ( Gigi, Monica... et Bianca / La devinière / Black Spring )

Benoît Dervaux (Fragments of Works) - 3-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

~~$68.99~~ $56.95

Original Title: Gigi, Monica... et Bianca / La devinière / Black Spring
Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
French ( Subtitles )
Romanian ( Mono )
Silent ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
200 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
3-DVD Set
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1997 - 2002 and produced in:
Belgium ( France, Benelux )
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Yasmina Abdellaoui
Benoît Dervaux

Written By:
Yasmina Abdellaoui
Benoît Dervaux
Heddy Maalem

Actors:
Yasmina Abdellaoui
Benoît Dervaux
Serge Anagonu
Simone Gomis
Hardo Salifka

Synopsis:

Discover or rediscover three rare films by Benoit Dervaux - the Dardenne brothers' cameraman and talented documentary filmmaker - assembled in this 3 DVD box set: GIGI, MONICA... AND BIANCA (codirected with Yasmina Abdellaoui, Belgium, 1996, 84 min), LA DEVINIERE (Belgium, France, 1999, 90 min), and BLACK SPRING (France, Luxembourg, Belgium, 2003, 26 min.). His artistic approach is both simple and radical: to follow his characters step by step, hold their bodies tight, much like a boxer (but with neither violence nor aggressiveness), or sometimes like a fly buzzing around, on other occasions still like a discreet shadow. Not leave them for a second, but always making sure not to be intrusive. Capture as closely as possible the breath of their energy, while avoiding stifling them... Through them, a context, a background, can be picked out, and the links between History, the collective one, and the smaller, more individual (hi)stories finally connect. Emmanuel D'Autreppe (excerpt from the booklet)

DVD 1 - Gigi, Monica… & Bianca (1996)
DVD 2 - La devinière (1999)
DVD 3 - Black Spring (2003)

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 19 June, 2014.