Code Name: Melville
Mixing interviews, rare archival footage and film extracts, the film shows how Melville's works were impacted by what he experienced in his youth during WWII, and how it structured his whole approach to cinema, not only in its thematic but also in its aesthetics.
Top cast
Michel Dreyfus-Schmidt
Self
Leo Fortel
Self
Pierre Grasset
Self
Laurent Grousset
Self
Rémy Grumbach
Self
Masahiro Kobayashi
Self
André S. Labarthe
Self
Philippe Labro
Self
Jean-Jacques Nataf
Self
Rui Nogueira
Self
Volker Schlöndorff
Self
Bertrand Tavernier
Self
Johnnie To
Self
François Chalais
Self (archive footage)
Jacques Chancel
Self (archive footage) (voice)
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 27, 2010
- Runtime
- 1h 16m
- Original language
- FR
- Original title
- Sous le nom de Melville
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