La Terre de la folie (2009)
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Cast
Luc Moullet, Antonietta Pizzorno, Jacques Zimmer
Director Luc Moullet investigates his thesis that the natural conditions of his native Alpes-de-Haute-Provence encourage madness.
The story
In this documentary-essay, director Luc Moullet examines madness in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, the region where he was born. He proposes that the area’s natural conditions—represented as a pentagon—favor the development of madness. The film builds its narrative around Moullet’s personal experience and accounts connected to news stories, while the region’s majestic landscapes play a central role.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Luc Moullet at the Cinémathèque française in . A film that is part documentary, part essay, it presents director Luc Moullet’s thesis on madness in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, the region where he was born. The natural conditions of this region, which he manages to reduce to a pentagon, are said to favor the development of madness. The narrative is built around the director’s personal experience and numerous accounts relating to news stories. The (majestic) landscapes play a central role in the film’s narration.
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