Elsa la rose

Elsa la rose
Directed byAgnès Varda
Written byAgnès Varda
StarringLouis Aragon
Elsa Triolet
Michel Piccoli
CinematographyWilly Kurant
William Lubtchansky
Music bySimonovitch
Ferrat
Moussorgsky
Gershwin
Handy
Production
company
Distributed byCiné-Tamaris
Release date
  • October 23, 1966 (1966-10-23) (France)
Running time
16 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Elsa la rose is a 1965 short documentary film by Agnès Varda about Elsa Triolet and Louis Aragon's relationship.[1]

Summary

The documentary films the two writers, telling their story and their memories, from Elsa Triolet's youth to when she met with Louis Aragon,[2] whilst a voice (Michel Piccoli) reads Aragon's poems about Elsa.[3]

Cast

Development

The film was shot in Elsa and Louis' home in Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines and in the Bar du dôme at Montparnasse during June 1965.[4]

Release

The film is shot during the year 1965, but was only first seen on television on 23 Octobre 1966 during a show called “Dim Dam Dom” on ORTF second channel.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Elsa la rose (1965)". unifrance.org (in French). Retrieved 2020-05-11.
  2. ^ Varda, Agnès (17 June 1970). "Mort d'Elsa Triolet". Les Lettres Françaises.
  3. ^ Danks, Adrian (2014-06-24). "Elsa la rose". Senses of Cinema. Retrieved 2020-05-11.
  4. ^ a b Card of the movie on the official website of Ciné Tamaris