Vingt-quatre heures de la vie d'un clown
Jean-Pierre Melville
A day in the life of Béby the clown and his partner Maïs. Between two shows, the double-act finds inspiration for their gags in the streets and then perform them on stage in the evening.
With : Béby, Maïs
Screenplay : Jean-Pierre Melville
Image : Gustave Raulet, André Villard
Editing : Monique Bonnot
Screenplay : Jean-Pierre Melville
Image : Gustave Raulet, André Villard
Editing : Monique Bonnot
Production : Melville Productions
Distribution: Les films du Jeudi
Distribution: Les films du Jeudi
"Long before the cinema, one of my first passions was the circus. This passion gave birth to a friendship: with Béby the clown. I wanted to cut my teeth by paying a tribute to Béby, the last of the great clowns, so that a testimony to a disappearing art could remain. Unfortunately I made a mess of it, it was my fault... Vingt-quatre heures de la vie d'un clown is something I'd like to forget... It is my sin of youth, my original sin..." (J-P Melville)