Léon la lune
| Léon la lune | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Alain Jessua |
| Written by | Robert Giraud and Alain Jessua |
| Produced by | A.J. Films |
| Starring | Léon la Lune |
| Cinematography | Wladimir Ivanov |
| Music by | Henri Crolla and André Hodeir |
Release date | 1956 |
Running time | 16 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Léon la lune (Template:Lang-eng) is a 1956 French short documentary film directed by Alain Jessua. The celebrated film won the Prix Jean Vigo in 1957. The film documents an old drifter in Paris in the poetic realist style.[1].
Inspired by Jean-Paul Clébert's book "Paris Insolite" Jessua wanted to make a film about a clochard[2] or tramp. The poet and novelist Robert Giraud an expert on the Parisian underworld introduced Jessua to Léon la Lune, a vagrant whose real name was Leon Boudeville and suggested they follow him from day to night. After completing the film Giraud showed it to the poet and screenwriter Jacques Prévert who wrote an introduction and asked his friend Henri Crolla contribute some music.
Leon Moon was also photographed by Robert Doisneau the pioneer of humanist photojournalism in his series Clochards [3]
Cast
- Léon la Lune aka Leon Boudeville
References
- ^ http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/film_screenings/3140
- ^ Page 128, Representation: Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices edited by Stuart Hall
- ^ http://www.robert-doisneau.com/fr/portfolio/clochards.htm'
External links
- Léon la lune at IMDb
- Prix Jean Vigo, February 10–December 30, 2006, Moma - http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/film_screenings/3140
- Robert Giraud, scénariste d’Alain Jessua, Le Monde blog, 1 January 2007, http://robertgiraud.blog.lemonde.fr/2007/01/01/robert-giraud-scenariste-dalain-jessua/
- Forum Des Images, http://www.forumdesimages.fr/Collections/notice/VDP1024&usg=ALkJrhgKWD8aFGj58ZKVeDBFHw7RHc9R9A