In 1924, french writer and poet André Breton published his Manifesto of Surrealism, marking the birth of a revolutionary movement. In 1926, he met Léona Delcourt, who he would transform into Nadja, the central character of his novel. Through this film, director Alain Fleischer pays tribute to Breton and Surrealism by following Nadja through Paris, filmed in black and white in the locations of their encounters. Like the book, it explores the identity and fleeting nature of their relationship, while anticipating the heroines of French cinema of the 1960s, foreshadowing the New Wave era. The film ends with the famous line: “Beauty will be convulsive or will not be.”
In the presence of director Alain Fleischer on March 15th, 2025 at Cinéma du Musée in Montréal
In the presence of director Alain Fleischer on March 15th, 2025 at Cinéma du Musée in Montréal
Other festival:
Festival Artecinema, Italy (2024)
Festival Artecinema, Italy (2024)
| Director | Alain Fleischer |
| Director of Photography | Sylvain Briend |
| Music director | Siegfried Canto |
| Artistic director's assistant | Danielle Schirman |
| Editing | Baptiste Evrard |
| Sound editing | Blandine Tourneux |
| Cast | Eva Niollet |
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Sessions
• Cinéma du Musée - Auditorium Maxwell-Cummings
Saturday, march 15, 2025, 04:30 p.m. — 05:49 p.m.
• Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
Sunday, march 16, 2025, 01:00 p.m. — 02:19 p.m.
Production
Alain Fleischer
Alain Fleischer was born in Paris in 1944. After studying literature, linguistics, semiology and animal biology at the Sorbonne and the École Pratique des Hautes Études, he taught at various universities and art and film schools in France and abroad.
Laureate of the Académie de France in Rome. Doctor Honoris Causa from the Université du Québec à Montréal. Honorary doctorate from the European Humanities University in Vilnius (Lithuania). Georges Dumézil Prize from the Académie française. Bernheim Prize for Literature.
On behalf of the French Ministry of Culture, has founded and directed Le Fresnoy-Studio national des arts contemporains since 1997. Author of some fifty works of literature (novels, short stories, essays). Director of some 350 films (fiction, experimental cinema, documentaries).
Writer, filmmaker, artist and photographer.
Biographical notes provided by the film production team and edited by Le FIFA’s team
Laureate of the Académie de France in Rome. Doctor Honoris Causa from the Université du Québec à Montréal. Honorary doctorate from the European Humanities University in Vilnius (Lithuania). Georges Dumézil Prize from the Académie française. Bernheim Prize for Literature.
On behalf of the French Ministry of Culture, has founded and directed Le Fresnoy-Studio national des arts contemporains since 1997. Author of some fifty works of literature (novels, short stories, essays). Director of some 350 films (fiction, experimental cinema, documentaries).
Writer, filmmaker, artist and photographer.
Biographical notes provided by the film production team and edited by Le FIFA’s team
Selected films:
Brancusi : les métamorphoses de la sculpture (2024)
Quelques rendez-vous avec Nadja (2023)
Juifs d’Orient, une histoire multimillénaire (2022)
Patrouille de nuit (2022)
Le ballet des porcelaines (2022)
Brancusi : les métamorphoses de la sculpture (2024)
Quelques rendez-vous avec Nadja (2023)
Juifs d’Orient, une histoire multimillénaire (2022)
Patrouille de nuit (2022)
Le ballet des porcelaines (2022)
In the same sessions
Cinéma du Musée - Auditorium Maxwell-Cummings
Saturday, march 15, 2025, 04:30 p.m.
Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
Sunday, march 16, 2025, 01:00 p.m.
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