An unknowing filmmaker had an appointment with a philosopher. It was a meeting that would change her life. From then on, she had a mission: to unveil the exceptional life of Raymond Klibansky. An extraordinary destiny. A path of humanity. A privileged witness to memory, and an actor of his time, this German-Jewish philosopher lived through a century of turbulence, wars and hatred. In his youth, he rubbed shoulders with Karl Jaspers, Erwin Panofsky, Marianne Weber, Ernst Cassirer and Albert Einstein. He soon established himself as a historian of ideas and philosopher, and his intellectual work was internationally acclaimed.
Then came the Nazi imposture. He denounced it… or rather, he fought it. At the heart of his life, he held an important position in the British Secret Service during the Second World War. A resident of Montreal since 1946, he has dedicated himself to promoting tolerance, and will be part of every struggle for freedom. Here, philosophy is a means to better understand and act on the real world. Raymond Klibansky — De la philosophie à la vie is also a reflection on the power of thought present in each of us. An impressionistic, poetic portrait of a philosopher in action.
Then came the Nazi imposture. He denounced it… or rather, he fought it. At the heart of his life, he held an important position in the British Secret Service during the Second World War. A resident of Montreal since 1946, he has dedicated himself to promoting tolerance, and will be part of every struggle for freedom. Here, philosophy is a means to better understand and act on the real world. Raymond Klibansky — De la philosophie à la vie is also a reflection on the power of thought present in each of us. An impressionistic, poetic portrait of a philosopher in action.
| Director | Anne-Marie Tougas |
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Anne-Marie Tougas
A graduate of the Université de Montréal in landscape architecture, Anne-Marie Tougas is a Montreal-based filmmaker. Producer, director and cinematographer, she is interested in universal human values and themes that are both meaningful and questioning, and in the role of art in our lives. Her film Raymond Klibansky de la philosophie à la vie was a prizewinner at the 20th International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA), and it was widely shown around the world. Her film L’espace que j’ai vu…un portrait de pierre thibault, 2007, winner of the audience award at the Rencontres cinéma — architecture in Annecy and widely distributed in France, was in official competition at the 25th FIFA. Vivre avec l’art …un art de vivre was the opening film of the 28th FIFA. Artistic creation and expression are an integral part of Anne-Marie Tougas’ approach. All her feature-length films on art have been in competition at the International Festival of Films on Art and screened both locally and internationally. Since 2020, the filmmaker has been experimenting with the cinematographic transposition of living poetry in situ, in the form of short films. Eau Vive, in competition at the FIFA, was selected for a special screening at the Centre culturel canadien in Paris.
Biographical notes provided by the film production team
Biographical notes provided by the film production team
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