Elsa la rose
Directed byAgnès Varda
Written byAgnès Varda
StarringLouis Aragon
Elsa Triolet
Michel Piccoli
CinematographyWilly Kurant
William Lubtchansky
Music bySimonovitch
Ferrat
Moussorgsky
Gershwin
Handy
Production
company
Distributed byCiné-Tamaris
Release date
  • October 23, 1966 (1966-10-23) (France)
Running time
16 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Elsa la rose is a 1965 short documentary film by Agnès Varda about Elsa Triolet and Louis Aragon's relationship.[1]

Summary

The documentary films the two writers, telling their story and their memories, from Elsa Triolet's youth to when she met with Louis Aragon,[2] whilst a voice (Michel Piccoli) reads Aragon's poems about Elsa.[3]

Cast

Development

The film was shot in Elsa and Louis' home in Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines and in the Bar du dôme at Montparnasse during June 1965.[4]

Release

The film is shot during the year 1965, but was only first seen on television on 23 Octobre 1966 during a show called “Dim Dam Dom” on ORTF second channel.[4]

References

  1. "Elsa la rose (1965)". unifrance.org (in French). Retrieved 2020-05-11.
  2. Varda, Agnès (17 June 1970). "Mort d'Elsa Triolet". Les Lettres Françaises.
  3. Danks, Adrian (2014-06-24). "Elsa la rose". Senses of Cinema. Retrieved 2020-05-11.
  4. 1 2 Card of the movie on the official website of Ciné Tamaris
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