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Journal de France (15)

Documentary

A journal, a voyage through time. He photographs France, she rediscovers the unseen footage he has so carefully kept: his first steps behind the camera, his TV reports from around the world, snatches of their memories and of our history.


The critical consensus

Depardon is engaging, but so reserved that he never quite comes into focus.

**(*)(*)(*)Siobhan Synnot, The Scotsman, 26/01/2014

Gently moving and subtly powerful, this will thrill Francophiles.

***(*)(*)David Parkinson, Empire, 29/01/2014

Some incredible individual clips, but little in the way of a meaty thematic through-line.

***(*)(*)David Jenkins, Little White Lies, 30/01/2014

Even in fragments, the humanism of Depardon’s gaze moves and inspires.

****(*)Simon Kinnear, Total Film, 27/01/2014

An engrossing and valuable personal record of the work of photographer and film-maker Raymond Depardon, depicting his autumnal journey across France, taking pictures of buildings and street scenes that he believes are in danger of dying out.

****(*)Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 30/01/2014

He himself is taciturn and inscrutable. Our only sense of his personality comes through his work, which is frequently stunning.

****(*)Geoffrey MacNab, The Independent, 30/01/2014

It's fascinating fare, offering both an insight into the emergence of Depardon's still influential "direct cinema" aesthetic, and an affectionate portrait of a unique visual artist and cultural archivist.

***(*)(*)Mark Kermode, The Observer, 02/02/2014

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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