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An evening with Christophe Bier
Jean-Claude Rémoleux is one of the most endearing supporting actors in French cinema, a sort of spiritual descendant of Gabriello and Jean Tissier. From the middle of the 50s, his massive silhouette and bewildered expression can be seen on numerous film sets, often appearing for only a few seconds. He appears coming out of an elevator in Bluwal’s Carom Shots, a camper in The Common Man, or even a killer in Welles’s The Trial and a student in Godard’s Bande à part (a.k.a Band of Outsiders).
His physical singularity, his fascinating nonchalant performances caught the attention of two filmmakers who will give him parts worthy of his talent : Pascal Aubier, who would become one of his loyal friends, and especially Jean-Pierre Mocky, with whom he will shoot a dozen films.
During an evening rife with surprises, l’Étrange just had to pay him a tribute. So come see him in Le Chant du départ (Song of Departure), a little gem by Pascal Aubier, and in Mocky’s Chut ! (Hush!) in its long version, that we attempted to show you last year. We promise, this time, we shall.
Chut !
Jean-Pierre Mocky
- 1972
- France
- Animation
- 1h28mn
- Original version with French subtitles
- Color
Exclusive integral cut
A small investor discovers the fraud threatening all the subscribers of the "Caution Foncière", an investment firm, and sets out on a mission to stop the massacre.
We’re used to the singularity of Mocky’s cinema. And yet, Chut! is a true absurdity, a folly in his filmography. Jacques Dufhilo and Michael Lonsdale have a ball in this burlesque hysteria worthy of Labiche, that portrays the world as a lunatic asylum. The subversion lies in the humor. Surprisingly, this almost dream-like chase is a forerunner in its excess and rhythm for À mort l’arbitre (Death to the Umpire). Larger than life, this political fable as only Mocky could deliver, confirms how empty his place remains today. He had no equal in evoking class struggles and how rulers swindle their constituents.
Credits
- With : Jacques Dufilho, Michael Lonsdale, Henri Poirier, Maurice Vallier...
- Screenplay : Jean-Pierre Mocky, Raphaël Delpard
- Photography : Marcel Weiss
- Editing : Marguerite Renoir, Jean-Pierre Mocky
- Music by : François de Roubaix
- Production : Jean-Pierre Mocky
Le Chant du départ
Pascal Aubier
- 1975
- France
- Drama comedy
- 1h20mn
- French
- Color
Once a week, a group of people meets for dinner at Madame Vaussart’s. Misfits in Giscard’s France of supermarkets and commuter trains, they drown their loneliness during this monthly rendez-vous…
A rare and little known filmmaker, Pascal Aubier, formerly an assistant to Jean-Luc Godard and Michel Deville, is one of the unjustly forgotten followers of the Nouvelle Vague. On the trail of the rebels of the times (Faraldo, Ferreri, Buñuel and of course Godard), both sad and caustic, Le Chant du départ is probably his masterpiece. Surrounded by remarkable actors, Aubier signs a delirious radiography that almost earned an 18+ rating upon release.
Credits
- With : Brigitte Fossey, Rufus, Germaine Monteiro, Michel de Ré, Paulette Frantz...
- Screenplay : Pascal Aubier
- Photography : Jean-Jacques Flori
- Editing : Dominique Galliéni
- Music by : Elizabeth Wiener
- Production : Pascal Aubier
Screenings
05/09 • 21h00 • Screen 300
Evening hosted by Christophe Bier & Sylvain Perret
