Duras and Cinema
Documentary on famous writer Marguerite Duras and her paradoxical relation to the seventh art by her former film editor.
Dominique Auvray
Dominique Auvray
Casts & Crew
Marguerite Duras
Melvil Poupaud
Nahuel Pérez Biscayart
Jeanne Balibar
Gérard Depardieu
Delphine Seyrig
Also Directed by Dominique Auvray
On June 3, 1991, Marguerite Duras gave me her last published work, "The North China Lover", autographed for the first time. She wrote: "For my friend Dominique Auvray, in memory of a wonder of wonders: a still recent past, when we worked together in the cinema". This is a portrait of her as she was cheerful and serious, authentic and provocative, considerate and categorical, but first and foremost young and free.
Wang Bing is one of the greatest documentary-makers alive today, and his films offer a very insightful overview of the transformations occurring in Chinese society. Here, Dominique Auvray conducts an interview that, in addition to the biographical information, focuses above all on the relationship with things unsaid: Wang Bing attempts to do justice to his theme and the testimonies he’s gathered, but he stumbles over the words, struggling to keep his emotions in check. The pain of tackling history shows through the awkward speech.