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Directed by Jean-Marie Straub Edited by Christophe Clavert Screenplay Straub-Huillet Producer Barbara Ulrich | 3.8/5 Mubi Screenplay by Jean-Marie Straub Initial release 2013 Story by Georges Bernanos | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Arnaud Dommerc
Barbara Ulrich Based on Dialogue d'ombres by Georges Bernanos Cinematography Renato Berta
Christophe Clavert Directors Straub-Huillet, Danièle Huillet Cast Cornelia Geiser, Bertrand Brouder Similar A Tale Of Michel De Montaigne, History Lessons, Kommunisten, The Death of Empedocles, From the Clouds to the Resist | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dialogue d'ombres (Dialogue of Shadows) is a 2013 French-Swiss short drama film directed by Jean-Marie Straub, starring Cornelia Geiser and Bertrand Brouder. It follows a man and a woman who converse about love and the weight of history. The film is based on a short story by Georges Bernanos.
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Cast
Production
Jean-Marie Straub and his partner Danièle Huillet originally planned to adapt Georges Bernanos' 1928 short story "Dialogue d'ombres" in 1954. They made some preparations but soon abandoned the project. Straub revived the project in the summer of 2012, several years after Huilet's death. According to Straub he wanted to make the film because he found the right location on the countryside of Normandy.
The film was produced through Switzerland's Belva Film and France's Andolfi. The actors rehearsed for six months. Filming began on 15 June 2013 and lasted ten days. The crew consisted of eight people.
Release
The film premiered at the 2013 Vienna International Film Festival. It was released in French cinemas on 11 March 2015, together with Straub's film A propos de Venise.