Boris Lehman: 7 Films ( Portrait du peintre dans son atelier / Muet comme une carpe / L'homme de terre / La Dernière / Retouches et réparations / Un peintre sous surveillance / Choses qui me rattachent aux êtres ) ( Portrait of the painter at his workshop / Silent as a Fish / Earthen Man / The Last / Alterations and Repairs / A Painter Under Surveillance / Things That Connect Me To Beings )

Boris Lehman: 7 Films (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Portrait du peintre dans son atelier / Muet comme une carpe / L'homme de terre / La Dernière / Retouches et réparations / Un peintre sous surveillance / Choses qui me rattachent aux êtres
Alternate Title: Portrait of the painter at his workshop / Silent as a Fish / Earthen Man / The Last / Alterations and Repairs / A Painter Under Surveillance / Things That Connect Me To Beings
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
234 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Booklet

Movie filmed in 1985-2010 and produced in:
Belgium ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Boris Lehman

Written By:
Boris Lehman

Raúl Ruiz

Actors:
Arié Mandelbaum ..... Le peintre
Esther Lamandier ..... La cantatrice
Boris Lehman ..... Le cinéaste
Boris Lehman ..... Le modèle
Paulus Brun ..... Le sculpteur
L'Ecole Beth Aviv ..... Narrator
Michel Bélanger
Alfons de Brouwer
Guy De Potter
Charlie Degotte
Yvann Drion
Les Amis du Kauwberg
La Fanfare du Meyboorn
Gérald Fenerberg
Cécile Henry
Roger Berguet
André Colinet
Laurent d'Ursel
Edouard Higuet
Frédéric Lammerand
Boris Lehman
Lucas Messens
Pierre Mollet
Claudio Pazienza
Manuel Poutte
Basile Sallustio
Vincent Tavier
Philippe Woitchik
Richard Kenigsman ..... Self
Boris Lehman ..... Self
Zita Hecht-Kenigsman ..... Self
Géraldine Kenigsman Kohn ..... Self
Jonah Kenigsman ..... Self
Emmanuel Majdenberg ..... Self
Laurence Nitlich ..... Self
Georges Schneck ..... Self
Arié Mandelbaum ..... Self
Yaël André ..... Self
Sarah Blum ..... Self
Cristalina Crespo ..... Self
Sabine Durant ..... Self
Valérie Giménez ..... Self
Chloe Kaufmann ..... Self
Myriam Kerkour ..... Self
Esther Lamandier ..... Self
Sarah Lefebvre ..... Self
Clémentine Lemaître ..... Self

Synopsis:

Portrait of the painter at his workshop: The film is the cinematic encounter of two looks (that of the painter Arié Mandelbaum and that of the filmmaker Boris Lehman) with one voice: that of the singer Esther Lamandier (who goes by the same name as Arié: Mandelbaum means «I'amandier»). Silent as a Fish: From pond to plate, we are shown the journey and destiny of one carp among many. This particular carp will be eaten stuffed during a family meal. Carp stuffed (in the Polish fashion), also called in yiddish (Gefilte Fish) is a traditional dish eaten by Ashkenazi Jews. It is cooked, sweetened and served as a cold dish at the start of the meal. The head is reserved for the head of the family. The film, set in Brussels, on the day of the Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah), aims to show the culinary preparation together with the accompanying prayers and ritual. It focuses particularly on the sacrifice of the fish and on the issue of mass extermination. Earthen Man: From the construction of a sculpture 'life size' in the earth, the director Boris Lehman imagines a story that staged a sculptor (Paulus Brun) struggling with an impossible order. The man of land is 'golemise', takes life in the countryside, and ends up dying on an opera stage. The Last: The dialogues are taken from the Gospel according to St. John. The apostles are almost all filmmakers, friends (and disciples) of Boris Lehman who came to play in front of the last house-artist's studio- which remained standing facing the new buildings of the European Parliament. The role of Judas is played by Claudio Pazienza and Boris Lehman embodies Christ. The staging is inspired by the fresco painted by Leonardo da Vinci in the convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan. The film was shot in a few hours, a Sunday morning in front of an incredible, almost Hollywood setting, in a street completely razed by real estate developers, just before the arrival of the police. Alterations and Repairs: Portrait of Richard Kenigsman by Boris Lehman. A Painter Under Surveillance: After a break of 20 years, the film maker makes another portrait of the painter Arié Mandelbaum. Together with his new film, that is premiered here, the older part is also being screened: Portrait of the Painter in His Studio. Here too, the film maker is not primarily interested in a portrait of the painter. He is more interested in the person and the friend. He could just as well have been a baker. But he still makes an attempt to touch on the ineffable. Even though painting would be pointless if you could describe it. The film maker and the painter share a Jewish background. But you don't always have to talk about that. It's a double portrait. Of a painter and a film maker. Things That Connect Me To Beings: The filmmaker does an inventory of the objects he has received from his friends or relatives. Through that variety of things that binds him and his beloved ones together, he tries to take interest in the notion of identity in an indirect, metonymic and multiple way: the part represents the whole, the object represents the individual to whom it now belongs but, at the same time, its original owner.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 15 October, 2022.