DRANCY AVENIR
[DV98035]

Comprising three narratives, Arnaud des Pallieres' profound film meditates onthe lingering impact of the Holocaust on France. The first tale concerns thelast survivor, who laments not leaving behind an account of the horrors hewitnessed. In the second, a young historian researching the deportation camp in Drancy, France, discovers the site is now occupied by a deplorable housing project called La Muette (The Silent"). In the final chapter a ship's captain recounts a journey up an uncharted river towards a little-known" civilization. After Resnais' Nuit et Brouillard and Lanzmann's Shoah Drancy Avenir can be defined as the film of the third generation..." (Le Monde). In French with English Spanish German Portuguese Italian Hungarian or Hebrew subtitles." Arnaud des Pallieres---France---1996---84 mins.

Directed by: des Pallieres, Arnau

Running time: 84

Year: 1996

French with English Subtitles