| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (136 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (19 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm) |
| Summary |
This pseudo-ancient quasi-Sino-Japanese stage presentation from the play by Helene Cixous concerns a devastating flood and the question of who shall be saved, the nobility or the peasants. The show is visually stunning as the actors are presented as life-size bunraku puppets, manipulated by black-swathed handlers |
| Notes |
Based on the play by Hélène Cixous |
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Originally performed Sept. 11, 1999 |
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Bonus: Du théâtre au cinéma, a making-of featurette (22 min.) featuring Ariane Mnouchkine |
| Credits |
Camera, Vincent Bataillon, Eric Darmon ; editor, Catherine Vilpoux ; music, Jean-Jacques Lemêtre |
| Performer |
Théâtre du Soleil: Nicolas Sotnikoff, Renata Ramos Maza, Juliana Carneiro da Cunha, Duccio Bellugi Vannuccini, Sava Lolov, Myriam Azencot, Serge Nicolaï; musicians, Jean-Jacques Lemêtre, Carlos Bernardo Carvalho, Dominique Jambert |
| Notes |
DVD, all regions; PAL; Dolby digital 5.1 |
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In French with optional English, French, or German subtitles |
| Subject |
Floods -- Japan -- Drama.
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Social stratification -- Japan -- Drama.
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Bunraku -- France.
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| Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Author |
Mnouchkine, Ariane, 1939-
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Lemêtre, Jean-Jacques.
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Sotnikoff, Nicolas
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Maza, Renata Ramos, 1985-
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Cunha, Juliana Carneiro da, 1949-
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Cixous, Hélène, 1937-
Tambours sur la digue.
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Théâtre du Soleil.
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ARTE France.
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Bel Air Media (Firm)
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Arte Video (Firm)
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Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm)
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