Violette Leduc : la chasse à l'amour = Violette Leduc : in pursuit of love / Icarus Films ; les Films du Poisson, Lapsus et ARTE France présentent ; en coproduction avec Vosges Télévision ; un film de Esther Hoffenberg ; un film écrit et réalisé par Esther Hoffenberg ; produit par Yaël Fogiel.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Hoffenberg, Esther, film director, screenwriter.

Fogiel, Yael, film producer.

Reymond, Dominique, narrator.

Films du poisson (Firm), production company.

Lapsus (Firm), production company.

ARTE France, production company.

Vosges télévision, production company.

Icarus Films, publisher, distributor.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Leduc, Violette, 1907-1972.

Leduc, Violette.

Lesbianism in literature--France.

Lesbianism in literature.

Lesbian authors--France--Biography.

Lesbian authors.

Authors, French--Biography.

Authors, French.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Biographical films.

Nonfiction films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (57 min.)) : sound, color

Other Title:

Violette Leduc : in pursuit of love

Place of Publication:

[Brooklyn, New York] : Icarus Films, [2013]

Language Note:

In French, with English subtitles.

System Details:

System requirements: An Internet browser with HTML5 support.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

digital

Summary:

After decades of working in relative obscurity, author and memoirist Violette Leduc exploded onto the French literary scene in 1964 with the publication of her taboo-breaking memoir The Bastard. Engaging frankly with her experience as an illegitimate child, homosexuality, and abortion, Leduc challenged the prevailing censorship of mid-century France and became a controversial icon of lesbian literature. Bringing together archival footage, interviews with friends and scholars, and the author's own writing, director Esther Hoffenberg crafts a portrait of Leduc's literary legacy and complex internal life.

Participant:

Dominique Reymond, narrator.

Credits:

Cinematography, Gertrude Baillot ; editors, Muriel Breton, Françoise Bernard ; music, Francesco Agnello.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed September 14, 2023).

Publisher Number:

if-leduc Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.