Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie?
7.5
Undaunted by a commission to make a film about his mentors and aesthetic exemplars, the filmmaking team of Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet, Costa records with great sensitivity and insight the exacting process by which the two re-edit their film Sicilia!, discussing and arguing over each cut and its effect. Incorporating comments about the influence of figures as diverse as Chaplin and Eisenstein, about the ethical and aesthetic implications of film technique and such matters as rhythm, sound mixing, and acting. The film becomes a tour de force, immersing us in the mysteries of cinema as practiced by some of its greatest creators. Costa calls the film both his first comedy and his first love story.
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Jean-Marie Straub
Himself
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Pedro Costa Director · Jeanne Lapoirie Cinematographer Dominique Auvray Editor
United States release March 6, 2008 · Produced in Portugal, France · Languages French, Italian
Production
PROCIREP
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AMIP
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Contracosta Produções
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ARTE
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Instituto do Cinema, Audiovisual e Multimédia
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RTP
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CNC
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INA
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Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée
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Institut National de l'Audiovisuel
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Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP)
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Portugal · France
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Original title
Où gît votre sourire enfoui?
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French · Italian
Release dates
Italy · September 5, 2001
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
France · January 15, 2003
Theatrical
United States · March 6, 2008
Premiere · Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
United States
October 9, 2012 · Premiere · New York Film Festival
France
April 29, 2011 · Premiere · Centre Pompidou, Paris
Greece
October 22, 2013 · Premiere · Athens Avant Garde Film Festival
Portugal
January 17, 2003 · Theatrical
Serbia
September 10, 2021 · Premiere · Beldocs
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