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La beauté du geste (2004)
97 min | Documentary

La beauté du geste (2004)

97 min | Documentary

-While recent technological developments are pulling cinema towards electronic abstraction (digital cameras, editing on Avid) and that even the film archives are beset by the "digital dragon", as Asian archivists like to say, "La beauté du...See more-While recent technological developments are pulling cinema towards electronic abstraction (digital cameras, editing on Avid) and that even the film archives are beset by the "digital dragon", as Asian archivists like to say, "La beauté du geste" celebrates the mechanical cinema, playful relative of the railroad and the assembly line, whose the futuristic beauty of which was sung by the classic Soviet cinema. While we talk about downloading and satellite-powered cinemas, Jeanne Crépeau films the journey of the reels between the storage facilities in Boucherville and the screening room in Montreal (Canada). See less

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24 cast members

Name	Known for
François Auger Self Self See fewer	L'invitation aux images (2003)
Robert Boivin Self Self See fewer	L'invitation aux images (2003)
Olivier Boucher Self Self See fewer	La crise du cinéaste québécois (2015)
Michel Brault Self Self See fewer	Of Whales, the Moon, and Men (1963)
Freddy Buache Self Self See fewer	Michel Mitrani: Une certaine idée de la télévision (2006)
Jean Chabot Self Self See fewer	Mon enfance à Montréal (1971)
Guy L. Coté Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Les maîtres sondeurs (1960)
Stéphanie Côté Self Self See fewer	La beauté du geste (2004)
Jean-Pierre Dardenne Self Self See fewer	Two Days, One Night (2014)
Luc Dardenne Self Self See fewer	Two Days, One Night (2014)
Robert Daudelin Self Self See fewer	Konitz (1988)
Serge Desaulniers Self Self See fewer	L'invitation aux images (2003)
Guy Fournier Self (projectionist) Self (projectionist) See fewer	La beauté du geste (2004)
Sylvia Ipirautaq Cloutier Self (singer) Self (singer) See fewer	Dancing with Spirit (2007)
Pierre Jutras Self Self See fewer	Petites chroniques cannibales: 1. Rosalie (1997)
Sylvain L'Espérance Self Self See fewer	Sur le rivage du monde (2013)
Nicole Laurin Self Self See fewer	Forces obscures (2007)
Élia Martineau Self Self See fewer	Tribu.com (2001)
Christophe Paradis Self (projectionist) Self (projectionist) See fewer	La beauté du geste (2004)
Nicolas Philibert Self Self See fewer	To Be and to Have (2002)
André Pâquet Self Self See fewer	Chantal: en vrac (1967)
June Shappa Self (singer) Self (singer) See fewer	La beauté du geste (2004)
Gabriel Thibaudeau Self (pianist) Self (pianist) See fewer	Poil de carotte (1925)
Pierre Véronneau Self Self See fewer	Tu brûles... tu brûles... (1973)