La Chambre verte
François Truffaut
It is 1928. Julien Davenne lives a reserved, secluded life in a small city in eastern France with his housekeeper and Georges, a deaf-mute child. Traumatized by the massacre of World War I, Julien is obsessed with the dead. He is the specialist of the obituary column at the "Globe" newspaper. At home, he lives surrounded by the memory of his dead wife and transforms a room into a shrine dedicated to her.
With : François Truffaut, Nathalie Baye, Jean Dasté, Jean-Pierre Moulin, Antoine Vitez
Screenplay : François Truffaut, Jean Gruault, d'après "The Altar of the Dead" et "The Beast in the Jungle" d'Henry James
Image : Nestor Almendros
Sound : Michel Laurent
Music : Maurice Jaubert
Editing : Martine Barraqué
Screenplay : François Truffaut, Jean Gruault, d'après "The Altar of the Dead" et "The Beast in the Jungle" d'Henry James
Image : Nestor Almendros
Sound : Michel Laurent
Music : Maurice Jaubert
Editing : Martine Barraqué
Production : Les Films du Carrosse, Les Productions Artistes Associés
Distribution: MK2
Distribution: MK2
In The Green Room, an adaptation of two Henry James short stories, François Truffaut embodies and shares with us his vision of life, nourished by the memory of those who have died. A film bordering on mysticism, suffused with candles and mist, it stands alone in the director's career and films. "Day for Night was about paying tribute to the work of filmmakers. Here, I'm paying tribute to all those whose lives have left a deep trace. It's a bit like a declaration of love. It's not depressing or morbid or sad. It's the idea that the power of memory, devotion and obsession is stronger than current events. It can't be influenced. To not grow apart from the things and the people we no longer talk about, if we love them. To continue to live with them. I refuse to forget." (F. Truffaut)