The Punishment, or: The Bad Encounters

synopsis

Punishment is a forgotten gem, shot using a light camera and natural sound. It tells the story of a modern Nadja wandering Paris to the sound of Bach and quotations from Baudelaire and the Marquis de Sade – film in three improvised acts with a Canadian direct cinema crew.

“The Punishment was a disaster. Let’s be objective: it is a bad film… But Rouch get great joy working with film, and what is so wonderful about his work is that this joy shows. Despite all those defects and all those dregs, he is a great filmmaker.” P. Braunberger

more about film

director:	Jean Rouch
script:	Jean Rouch
photography:	Michel Brault , Roger Morillère, Georges Dufault
editing:	Annie Tresgot
music:	Johann Sebastian Bach
sound:	Roger Morillère

contact

CENTRE NATIONAL DU CINÉMA ET DE L`IMAGE ANIMÉE / Caroline Patte / 7 bis rue Alexandre Turpault / 78390 / Bois d'Arcy / France /  caroline.patte@cnc.fr / www.cnc.fr