28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
The Little Café
director: François Reichenbach
original title: Le Petit Café
country: France
year: 1963
running time: 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 |