Elsa la rose

1966 French film
  • October 23, 1966 (1966-10-23) (France)
Running time
16 minutesCountryFranceLanguageFrench

Elsa la rose is a 1965 short documentary film by Agnès Varda about Elsa Triolet and Louis Aragon's relationship.[1]

Summary

The documentary films the two writers, telling their story and their memories, from Elsa Triolet's youth to when she met with Louis Aragon,[2] whilst a voice (Michel Piccoli) reads Aragon's poems about Elsa.[3]

Cast

  • Elsa Triolet as herself
  • Louis Aragon as himself
  • Michel Piccoli as the voice-over

Development

The film was shot in Elsa and Louis' home in Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines and in the Bar du dôme at Montparnasse during June 1965.[4]

Release

The film is shot during the year 1965, but was only first seen on television on 23 Octobre 1966 during a show called “Dim Dam Dom” on ORTF second channel.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Elsa la rose (1965)". unifrance.org (in French). Retrieved 2020-05-11.
  2. ^ Varda, Agnès (17 June 1970). "Mort d'Elsa Triolet". Les Lettres Françaises.
  3. ^ Danks, Adrian (2014-06-24). "Elsa la rose". Senses of Cinema. Retrieved 2020-05-11.
  4. ^ a b Card of the movie on the official website of Ciné Tamaris

External links

  • Official website Edit this at Wikidata
  • Elsa la rose at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • Elsa la rose on Vimeo
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Fiction films
Documentaries
Short films
  • Diary of a Pregnant Woman (1958)
  • Salut les cubains (1963)
  • Elsa la rose (1965)
  • Uncle Yanco (1967)
  • Black Panthers (1968)