Journal de France

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Journal de France

2012

1h 40m

Documentary

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Filmmaker Raymond Depardon examines his oeuvre and working process.

Jonathan Romney

Sight & Sound

This fascinating film really belongs to those people whose names never made the history books, barely even their local newspaper headlines.

Feb 6, 2014

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Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

It's fascinating fare, offering both an insight into the emergence of Depardon's still influential "direct cinema" aesthetic, and an affectionate portrait of a unique visual artist and cultural archivist.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 1, 2014

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Charlotte O'Sullivan

London Evening Standard

Has moments of magic, but you can't help feeling that an outsider would have fashioned something with more bite.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 31, 2014

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Ann Lee

metro.co.uk

... a greatest-hits slideshow of a career that clicks us from war-torn Paris to the Yemen, Haiti and Prague. Frequently fascinating, if a tad unfocused.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 6, 2017

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Paul Whitington

Irish Independent

These clips are fascinating, but Journal de France would have been a stronger documentary if Monsieur Depardon had provided narrations for some of them.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 5, 2014

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Siobhan Synnot

Scotsman

Depardon is engaging, but so reserved that he never quite comes into focus.

Rated: 2/5

Jan 27, 2014

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Journal de France provides a fascinating look into the works of photographer/ director Raymond Depardon, whose cinema verite remains riveting, inspiring and poignant to this day.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Very interesting assemblage of past reportage/documentaries combined with a reflection on Depardon's current interests, but it has an incomplete/under-realised feel to it.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Audience Member

Depardon a tout vu, tout vécu ! Voilà ce que l'on se dit en sortant de ce film. J'avoue que je ne m'attendais pas à ça en allant le voir, mais je suis ressortie contente. On y voit des images pas toujours agréables, des tranches de vie dans le monde, très intéressantes et permettant de se forger sa propre opinion. On voit à travers ses images toute la vie de Raymond Depardon défiler, il semble tout voir et observer à travers sa caméra ou son appareil photo, le public comme le privé. Le film est un patchwork d'images et pourrait paraître parfois brouillon. J'ai particulièrement aimé les moments où on le suit dans sa camionnette en train de silloner la France, son appareil photo ancien, les rencontres qu'il y fait... Ca reste un témoignage d'une vie incroyable qu'a vécu (et que continue à vivre !) Raymond Depardon. A voir !

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Synopsis

Filmmaker Raymond Depardon examines his oeuvre and working process.

Director: Raymond Depardon, Claudine Nougaret
Producer: Claudine Nougaret
Screenwriter: Raymond Depardon, Claudine Nougaret
Production Co: Palmeraie et Désert, France 2 Cinéma
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: French (France)
Runtime: 1h 40m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)