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Tight 11-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Handa or Sophistication
1967 0h 11m FR
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10.0
MASTERPIECE
★10.0TMDB · 1
DocumentaryMusic
Synopsis
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Short Philippe Garrel portrait of a young woman, Handa, who loves that which is decadent, complicated, precious, cannot stand simplicity, and detests people who watch television.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Philippe Garrel
- Writers
- Philippe Garrel
- Languages
- French
- Countries
- France
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The take
Philippe Garrel directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in France. Dialogue in French.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 11-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 259 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 11 min · 0h 11m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- FR
Also by
Philippe Garrel
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- TV1967-06-18
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