France / May 14, 1997
Jean Eustache's Wasted Breath (1997)
Directed by Angel Díez
54minruntime
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Plot
Ángel Díaz’s documentary The Lost Sorrows of Jean Eustache, concentrates on Eustache as cinematic thinker and archivist of his own life. Actors read texts written by Eustache, including the following reflection: “The role of the author in cinema should be one of non-intervention.” This sentence reminds us that he belongs to the greatest of film traditions (he cites Griffith, Renoir, Dreyer, and Lang as his models), the one that sees cinema as a matter of placing the camera in front of reality and capturing it ardently, precisely, and without tricks.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Odette Robert | Self (archival footage) |
| Martin Loeb | Self (archival footage) |
| Yvan Gaillard | (voice) |
| Philippe Théaudière | (voice) |
| Jean-Pierre Ruh | (voice) |
| Michael Lonsdale | (voice) |
Genres
Documentary
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | La Peine perdue de Jean Eustache |
| Original language | Français (FR) |
| Spoken languages | Français |
| Production countries | France |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Les Films du Poisson, La Sept-Arte |
| Release date | 14 maggio 1997 |
| Production | Yaël Fogiel, Laetitia Gonzalez |
| Writer | Angel Díez |
| Editing | Yvan Gaillard |
| Cinematography | Philippe Théaudière |
| Assistant directors | Angel Díez |
| Music | Jean-Pierre Ruh |
| Sound | Jean-Pierre Ruh |
Release dates
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