Pierre Schoendoerffer, the Sentinel of Memory

Pierre Schoendoerffer, the Sentinel of Memory
Directed by Raphaël Millet
Produced by Olivier Bohler
Nocturnes Productions
Written by Raphaël Millet
Olivier Bohler
Starring Pierre Schoendoerffer
Constantin Costa-Gavras
Raoul Coutard
Jacques Perrin
Music by Marcel Heijnen
Teo Wei Yong
Cinematography Julien Selleron
Edited by Nicolas Dupouy
Raphaël Millet
Running time
 60 minutes
Country
Language French

Pierre Schoendoerffer, the Sentinel of Memory (original French title: Pierre Schoendoerffer, la sentinelle de la mémoire) is the first feature length documentary about French writer and filmmaker Pierre Schoendoerffer, directed by Raphaël Millet and produced by Olivier Bohler for Nocturnes Productions in 2011.

Synopsis

Pierre Schoendoerffer revisits his life and career, with a strong focus on the impact that his experience as a war cinematographer for the French army during the Indochina War had on him, as well as a war reporter during the Vietnam War when he filmed his 1967 Academy Award-winning documentary The Anderson Platoon named after the leader of the platoon - Lieutenant Joseph B. Anderson - with which Schoendoerffer and his crew were embedded.

Production

Pierre Schoendoerffer, the Sentinel of Memory is a co-production between Nocturnes Productions and the Institut national de l'audiovisuel (INA, the French National Institute for Audiovisual). It has been funded by the National Center of Cinematography and the moving image,[1] with the support of the French Ministry of Defence, French pay-TV Orange Cinéma Séries, and Belgian public broadcaster RTBF.

Festival screenings and broadcasts

Pierre Schoendoerffer, the Sentinel of Memoryhad its world premiere at Les Rendez-vous de l'histoire, Blois, October 2011[2]. It was screened at the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France, as a tribute to Pierre Schoendoerffer, in March 2012, and then at Fnac on 16 May 2012[3]. The film was broadcast in France on OCS (television) and Histoire[4], and in Belgium on RTBF. It is available in VOD on the website of Institut national de l'audiovisuel[5].

Cast

References

  1. ↑ Official website of the CNC
  2. ↑ Film page on the official website of the festival Les Rendez-vous de l'histoire
  3. ↑ Film programme on Fnac's website
  4. ↑ Article on the film in Le Figaro, 20 October 2017
  5. ↑ Film page on INA's website


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