Poster of Cast and Crew in Journeys Through French Cinema - Season 1 - Episode 7 - Underrated Directors

Journeys Through French Cinema - Season 1 - Underrated Directors (Episode 7)

Plot: Continuing to spotlight names that might be unfamiliar even to ardent film buffs, Tavernier unveils glorious restored footage from one of France’s first-ever color films, 1936’s La Terre qui meurt. The latter’s director, Jean Vallée, is given his due, as are Pierre Chenal, Henri Calef (previously Chenal’s assistant)—and trailblazing women directors including Jacqueline Audry (Olivia), Nelly Kaplan (A Very Curious Girl), and Agnès Varda (Cléo from 5 to 7), whose emergence in the 1950s Tavernier hails as “a thunderclap
Episode Aired On:
Saturday, October 28 2017
7 years ago