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Synopsis

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What does it mean, to go to the movies? Why have people been going for over one hundred years? I set out to celebrate movie theaters and their manifold magic. So I walked in the footsteps of young Paul Dédalus, as if in a filmgoer’s coming-of-age story. Memories, fiction, discoveries come together in an irrepressible torrent of pictures.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Louis Birman
Paul (6 years old)
Dominique Païni
The Painter
Clément Hervieu-Léger
Barthes reader
Françoise Lebrun
The Grandmother
Sandra Laugier
The Philosopher
Olga Milshtein
Philosophy Student
Milo Machado-Graner
Paul (14 years old)
Margaux Mussano
La jeune fille ciné-club

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Arnaud Desplechin
Writers: Arnaud Desplechin, Fanny Burdino
Languages: French, English
Countries: France

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RUNTIME

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88 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released last year.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: French, English.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "The Paul Dédalus Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Arnaud Desplechin, shot by Noé Bach. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Laurence Briaud shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Louis Birman and Dominique Païni and Clément Hervieu-Léger carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt30416258 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Arnaud Desplechin directs. Noé Bach behind the camera. Laurence Briaud cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in France. Dialogue in French, English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

188 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released last year.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: French, English.
4Part of the "The Paul Dédalus Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Arnaud Desplechin, shot by Noé Bach. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Editor Laurence Briaud shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Louis Birman and Dominique Païni and Clément Hervieu-Léger carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt30416258 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 22 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.