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On January 27, 1912, Henri Matisse boarded a ship for Morocco. He spent two successive winters in Tangiers, in all seven months. He brought back some twenty paintings, which include several of his masterpieces. This film traces this critical period by closely examining this peak moment in his career. Narrated with Matisse's own words, the film shows a selection of canvasses which pinpoint what was at stake in these two trips. Matisse was the first to bring about a synthesis between western art and eastern decorative art, where the part is linked to the whole, and the fragment refers to the ensemble, like a ceramic tile or a piece of fabric. By rediscovering this bond, lost since the Renaissance, he opened up vast, new perspectives for art.

France - 1999 - 26 mn - Betacam Digital - Colour

Réalisation Yves de Peretti Scénario Yves de Peretti Image Ned Burgess Son Dominique Vieillard Montage Nadine Tarbouriech Musique Gérard Marais

Production Tanguera Films

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