29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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The Little Café
The Little Café

The Little Café

François Reichenbach / France / 1963 / Czech Premiere / 12 min.


synopsis

Reichenbach was an innovative filmmaker who filmed everything around him using primarily his intuition. Instead of filming portraits of people, he made a portrait of a little café, where people are considered props and a spontaneously filmed telephone conversation between the café owner and a customer becomes the plot.  

biography

François Reichenbach (1921-1993) was a filmmaker influenced by his own youth when he travelled around the world. In his work, he addressed topics such as the relationship between France and the USA, or created portraits of famous international artists.    

more about film

director: François Reichenbach
producer: Pierre Braunberger
script: François Reichenbach
photography: Jean-Marc Ripert, François Reichenbach
editing: Guy Gilles

contact

LES FILMS DU JEUDI / Frédérique Ros / 3 rue Hautefeuille / 75006 / Paris / France / +33 1 40 46 97 98 / contact@filmsdujeudi.com / www.filmsdujeudi.com

Film at festival

premiere type:Czech Premiere
festival edition:2018
section:Direct Vérité
format:Video File
language:French
colour:Black and white

Info

director:François Reichenbach
original title:Le Petit Café
country:France
year:1963
running time:12 min.

Festival partners

Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
Creative Europe Media
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
Dafilms

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