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There are lives which embody the cowardice and obsessions that lie within each of us, as if seen through a magnifying glass. The life of Pierre Drieu La Rochelle is one of these mirror-like destinies. Between pathos and obscenity, his life and his work relate the increasingly awareness of the impossibility of becoming oneself. Words which can provoke irritation, uneasiness, nostalgia, familiarity, the desire to laugh about it, the tendency to weep. These words written by Drieu La Rochelle make him a major writer and the tortured witness of the first part of the 20th century, a period caught between two wars, confused and violent. This portrait of Drieu La Rochelle introduces us to the art and violence of this self-destructive life.

France - 1999 - 49 mn - Betacam Digital - Colour

Réalisation Michel Follin Scénario Antoine de Gaudemar Image Ned Burgess, Georges de Genevray, Michel Follin Son Philippe Richard, Frédéric Pardon Montage Didier Vandewattyne

Production Euripide Productions Co-Production France 3, Les Films du Bief

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