On the French Riviera with Man Ray and Picasso / Icarus Films ; a production [of] Mélisande Films, Sophie Faudel ; with the participation of France télévisions ; a film by François Lévy-Kuenz ; écrit et réalisé par François Lévy-Kuenz ; produit par Sophie Faudel.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Lévy-Kuenz, François, film director, screenwriter.

Faudel, Sophie, film producer.

Lovelace, Kester, narrator.

Bernard, Sandy, narrator.

Mélisande Films, production company.

France télévision, production company.

Icarus Films, distributor.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Man Ray, 1890-1976--Travel--France--Riviera.

Man Ray.

Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973--Travel--France--Riviera.

Picasso, Pablo.

Artists--France--Riviera.

Artists.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (53 min.)) : sound, color and black and white

Place of Publication:

[Brooklyn, New York] : Icarus Films, [2020]

Language Note:

In English with end credits in French; closed captioning available.

System Details:

System requirements: An Internet browser with HTML5 support.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

A group of friends meet up in the country to spend the summer together. They go to the beach, play cards, and take day trips in the surrounding region. But these aren't everyday city folk on vacation. The hosts are Pablo Picasso and Dora Maar. Among the friends are some of the leading painters, photographers and poets of the day. This film tells the story of the group in the summer of 1937. The film is told largely from the point of view of photographer, filmmaker and painter Man Ray, using footage he shot (including some on the then-experimental Kodachrome), a wealth of photos, and excerpts from his autobiography. The other guests at the pension in the village of Mougins are Man Ray's girlfriend, Ady Fidelin, a dancer and model from Guadeloupe; poet Paul Éluard and his wife Nusch, and writer Roland Penrose, with photographer Lee Miller, who would go on to be the first to document the horrors of the Nazi death camps.

Participant:

With the voices of Kester Lovelace, Sandy Bernard.

Credits:

Original music, Michel Portal ; editing, Christine Marier ; cinematography, Olivier Raffet.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed June 2, 2022).

Publisher Number:

if-manray Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.