I Want to Talk About Duras

Claire Simon / France / 2021 / Czech Premiere / 95 min.

synopsis

Claire Simon's exploration of the relationship between Yann Andréa and Marguerite Duras. A man involved in a passionate relationship with a celebrated writer of 30 years his senior needs to talk. He is fascinated by her and yet he feels he just cannot go on anymore. He opens up, in an attempt to put into words the intensity of his love and he describes it with great clarity. The interview is an emotional and accurate reconstruction of Yann Andréa, that he presented in the book called Je voudrais parler de Duras. The interview he willingly gave in the hope of making sense of the powerful connection binding him to renowned French author and filmmaker Marguerite Duras.

biography

Claire Simon (1955), a British cinematographer and documentary filmmaker who lives and works in France, began filming in the 1980s. She made her feature debut A Foreign Body in 1997. Since then, she has collected numerous awards at major festivals. Our Body is selected for the Constellations selection and the film competed for Best Documentary Award at the Berlinale.

more about film

director:	Claire Simon
cast:	Swann Arlaud, Emmanuelle Devos
producer:	François d’Artemare
script:	Claire Simon
photography:	Céline Bozon
editing:	Julien Lacheray
music:	Nicolas Repac
sound design:	Virgile Van Ginneken