Jacques Audiard / Gemma King.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

King, Gemma, 1988- author.

Series:

French film directors

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Audiard, Jacques--Criticism and interpretation.

Audiard, Jacques.

Motion picture producers and directors--France.

Motion picture producers and directors.

France.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

x, 188 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2021.

Summary:

"Fragile yet powerful, macho yet transgressive, Jacques Audiard's films portray disabled, marginalised or otherwise non-normative bodies in constant states of crisis and transformation. Jacques Audiard is the first book on the cinema of one of the most important French directors working today. It studies his screenwriting background, his collaborative practices and his use of genre motifs alongside his reputation as a celebrated French auteur. Using the motif of border-crossing - both physical and symbolic - the book explores how Audiard's films construct and transcend boundaries of many forms. Focusing on the representation of the physical body, French society and broader transnational contexts, it reveals how Audiard's cinema occupies a space both within and beyond the imaginary of French cinema."--Publisher description.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Body: Physical Boundaries

De battre mon cozur s'est arrete, Sur mes levres and De rouille et d'os

2. Society: Cultural Barriers

Regarde les hommes tomber, Un prophete and Un heros tres discret

3. Globe: National Borders

Dheepan and Les Freres Sisters.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

1526133008

9781526133007

OCLC:

1225287469