A Story of Water
A Story of Water | |
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Directed by | Jean-Luc Godard François Truffaut |
Written by | François Truffaut |
Produced by | Pierre Braunberger |
Starring | Jean-Claude Brialy Caroline Dim |
Narrated by | Caroline Dim |
Cinematography | Michel Latouche |
Edited by | Jean-Luc Godard |
Production company | Les Films de la Pléiade |
Distributed by | Unidex |
Release date | March 3, 1961 (France) |
Running time | 12 minutes |
Language | French |
A Story of Water (French: Une histoire d'eau) is a short film directed and written by Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut in 1958. It recounts the story of a woman's trip to Paris, which is surrounded by a large flooded area. It was first shown publicly in 1961. The title is a pun on the title of the erotic novel Une histoire d'O. The film was shot in two days.[1] The film is dedicated to Mack Sennett.
According to film critic David Edelstein, introducing the film's presentation on TCM.com, Truffaut's screenplay was a "slight but reasonably coherent romance" which was altered significantly in the editing room by Godard, who added absurdist voiceovers and percussion music while cutting out most of the plot.[1]
The film is included as a supplement on Criterion's DVD/Blu-ray release of Truffaut's The Last Metro.
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