The documentary "Les Enfants terribles du cinéma" (The Terrible Children of Cinema) tells the little-known story of one of the crossroads of cinephilia, *OBJECTIF 49*, which culminated in the organization of the Biarritz Festival of Cursed Films during the summer of 1949. This festival was initiated by Jean Cocteau, then at the height of his cinematic career. In Biarritz, films deemed "cursed" were screened because they had not yet found an audience or had been banned by censors. This selection offered a radically different vision of cinema from that of other festivals, such as Cannes. An entire generation of active filmmakers was celebrated: René Clément, Robert Bresson, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Eric Rohmer...
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Amo Films, France Télévisions
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- french cinema
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Top Cast
Jean Cocteau as Self (archive footage)
Jean Douchet as Self
Édouard Molinaro as Self
Claude Pinoteau as Self
Jean-Charles Tacchella as Self
Top Crew
Ezequiel Fernández · Director, Writer
Djamel Zaoui · Director, Writer
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