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Illuminating the Night

Art Scenarios series

Editor(s) of the series: Alain Bergala

 This series aims to analyze the major themes of painting with concepts generally applied to film. "The collection is not a catalog, still less an encyclopedia. Each film sets out freely on the paths of art history" (Alain Bergala).

Director(s): Pascale Bouhenic

This film studies representations of light sources (moon, street lamp, candle, neon light, etc.) and figures illuminated in the night. It also raises the parallel question of darkness—its representation and symbolic value.

Genre

Documentary

Copyright

2001

Length

26 minutes

Producer(s)

Dominique Gibrail, Les Films du Tambour de Soie

Co-producer(s)

Musée d’Orsay, Centre Pompidou, Réunion des Musées Nationaux, La Cinquième / France 5, Musée du Louvre

Commercial distribution

France Télévision Distribution