Journal de France (2012)
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Directors
Raymond Depardon, Claudine Nougaret
A filmmaker-photographer travels through France while his partner uncovers unseen excerpts from his past work.
The story
In his camper van, Raymond Depardon travels around France with two large-format cameras, capturing views of the country between 2004 and 2010. At the same time, his partner and regular sound engineer, Claudine Nougaret, searches through film excerpts that have remained unseen and carefully preserved since the beginning of his career. The film alternates between Depardon’s contemporary images of France and these archival discoveries, bringing together two perspectives on the filmmaker and photographer’s work.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
In his camper van, Raymond Depardon travels around France and, equipped with two large-format cameras, captures views of the country between 2004 and 2010 that reflect his humanistic perspective. Meanwhile, Claudine Nougaret, his partner and regular sound engineer, tracks down old, previously unseen film excerpts that the filmmaker has carefully kept since the beginning of his career. The film alternates between these two approaches to the director and photographer’s work.
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