Aurélia Steiner (Melbourne)

Marguerite Duras / France / 1979 / Czech Premiere / 28 min.

synopsis

“Both films were born from a letter I wrote to someone I didn't know. We only spoke on the phone. I had only seen that person once before, thirteen years ago. I forgot her face and only remembered her voice. I didn't send the letter in the end, but it made me start writing again.”

“We shot Melbourne in contre-jour. The faces are blurred; you can only see the outlines. The camera absorbs them and the river carries them away. I think at one point you can see Aurelia on the bridge, just a silhouette of a girl with long blonde hair.” – Marguerite Duras

biography

Marguerite Duras (1914–1996), the writer, playwright, screenwriter, and eventually director entered the world of film in the second half of the 1950s. Initially, she adapted her own works or wrote original scripts. Her independent film directing work begins in the 1970s. She was a completely original artist who brought modernism to cinema.