Dorothée Blanck

Just before Christmas, Paula wanders into Dunkerque where she once lived. She wants to celebrate her fifthieth birthday with “her past men”.Read More »

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Impressions of the rue Mouffetard, Paris 5, through the eyes of a pregnant woman.

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A pregnant filmmaker takes us to rue Mouffetard, “la Mouffe,” in the Latin Quarter of Paris for a mix of documentary footage and imagined scenes. Vignettes or chapters unfold – on the feeling of nature, on pregnancy, on anxiety, on desire, and so forth. Women shop at a vegetable market, their faces marked by care and poverty. We see young lovers, playful and innocent. Derelicts drink and sleep on sidewalks. A weary pregnant woman carries her shopping bags; later, she eats flowers. There are counterpoints of gritty realism and playful, near-surrealistic images. Political and artistic consciousnesses create a montage.Read More »