Clotilde de Bayser
This drama attempts to be a film within a film. In the outer story, Andre Dussolier stars as a film director working with drama students at the Paris Conservatory, making a film (the inner story) about a woman's obsession with a foreign desert. Wallowing in maudlin sentimentality, this feature fails to live up to the promise of its probable inspiration, Fame (1980), and was not well-received at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. However, as a medium for instructing director Francis Girod's actual students at the Paris Conservatory about the art and perils of filmmaking, it was undoubtedly a good deal more successful.
Release Date | 1988-08-31 |
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Runtime | 1h 47m |
Directors | Francis Girod, Dominique Chapuis |
Producer | Ariel Zeitoun |
Writers | Yves Dangerfield, Francis Girod |