Festival 3 Continents
Compétition internationale
47th edition
NOV. 21>29, 2025, Nantes France

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Love Exists
(L'Amour existe)

by Maurice PIALAT

L'Amour existe

From the window of a silent house, a passing train takes us aboard on a journey into the suburbs. The melancholic sweetness of childhood in Courbevoie, Vincennes or Sarcelles fades then fragments with the outbreak of war.  Thereafter came the overcrowded suburban trains, overly small windows in overly big housing estates, the mediocrity of the pavilions and the social division that cut Paris off from its inner suburbs. The naturalist images are superimposed on a cutting text from which no character emerges, where the excesses of the night mingle with the wearying routines of the day. Pialat announces his singular and acerbic tone by depicting a vitriolic topography of the Paris suburbs. VB

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  • Titre français
    L’Amour existe
  • Original title
    L'Amour existe
  • Titre international
    Love Exists
  • Photo
    Gilbert SARTHRE, Jean BORDES-PAGES
  • Montage
    Kenout PELTIER, Liliane KORB
  • Musique
    Georges DELERUE
  • Interprétation
    Jean-Loup REYNOLD
  • Production
    Les Films de la Pléiade
  • Print
    L’Agence du court métrage : info@agencecm.com
  • Support de projection
    DCP

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