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Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris holds the remains of many notable people, such as Chopin, Édith Piaf, Yves Montand, Simone Signoret and Jim Morrison. The many people who visit the site to visit graves of loved ones and those who stop there as tourists find that it has mysterious and consoling beauty.

Critics Reviews

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Alan G. Artner Chicago Tribune This is a film, then, about a place of death giving meanings for life. Rated: 3/4 Jul 3, 2008 Full Review Desson Thomson Washington Post What we see in Heddy Honigmann's understated, touching documentary are the ways that people reach out to the abstract. Sep 20, 2007 Full Review Andrew O'Hehir Salon.com Honigmann develops, with deceptive casualness, a few unforgettable character studies and one of the purest, most moving motion pictures of the year. Sep 18, 2007 Full Review Stuart Klawans The Nation Forever [is] an infinitely touching documentary about the Père Lachaise cemetery and its visitors. Jul 6, 2010 Full Review Paul Brenner Filmcritic.com meditative and measured Rated: 3.5/5 Apr 11, 2009 Full Review Mark R. Leeper rec.arts.movies.reviews At times a little pretentious, but a reasonable, not perfect, meditation on art and beauty and the relation of the living artist with the dead who have contributed to his art. Rated: 6/10 Apr 6, 2009 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Fantastic documentary about what must be the most famous cemetery in the world, Pere-Lachaise. The stories of the many visitors from all over the world who come to pay their respects to people long-dead, mostly artists, writers and composers, are very interesting indeed and the camerawork is just stunning. There are a few mis-steps i would say along the way - I didn't think the embalmer's sequence fitted in, but by and large this is great stuff - one of the most unusual and affecting documentaries I have seen in quite some time. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Every scene is memorable, including the opening one where director Heddy Honigmann sticks up her snooty Euro cosmopolitan nose at Americans in general and Jim Morrison in particular. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member the tombstones are by no means any match to the living legends, the most enticing moments in the movie are after all those live performance footages of musicians/artists such as Maria Callas, Edith Piaf, Yves Montand, Michel Petrucciani and Danielle Messia once captured on film with full vigor (HKIFF 24/3/2008) Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member A beautiful, poetic documentary about Pere Lachaise cemetery and the people who make pilgrimages there. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member A beautiful movie and really interesting too. It shows you not only breathtaking scenarios but rides you in a culutral tour about the famous artists that rest in the cementery. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Interviews of vistors to the famous Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris. Resting-place of artists from all eras and corners of the world: Piaf, Proust, Jim Morrison and Chopin. The mysterious, calming and consoling beauty of this unique cemetery through the eyes of people of flesh and blood. Admirers share with us the importance of art and beauty in their lives, the graveyard gradually reveals itself as a source of inspiration for the living. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Heddy Honigmann

Director

Ester Gould

Writer

Heddy Honigmann

Writer

Judith Vreriks

Writer

Carmen Cobos

Producer

Robert Alazraki

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Synopsis Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris holds the remains of many notable people, such as Chopin, Édith Piaf, Yves Montand, Simone Signoret and Jim Morrison. The many people who visit the site to visit graves of loved ones and those who stop there as tourists find that it has mysterious and consoling beauty.
Director
Heddy Honigmann
Producer
Carmen Cobos
Screenwriter
Ester Gould, Heddy Honigmann, Judith Vreriks
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 25, 2017
Runtime
1h 37m