Ruiz on the film: "I began La présence réelle (The Real Presence) first. I. N. A. had commissioned me to produce a personal vision of the Festival d'Avignon. This became a fiction about the theater because if I had filmed the actual performances at Avignon I would have had to respect their staging, I would not be able to change anything. As such, I wouldn't be doing anything more than a retransmission of Antenne 2 or FR3. And since a lot would have to be paid for rights to each play, it would end up costing as much as a fiction feature. So it is a story about the theater, a bit Rivette-ish. I shot all the exteriors in Avignon, the interiors in Paris a few days later and I finish the film next Tuesday."
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Franck Oger
Adam Shaft
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Voyage of a Hand
Bérénice
Nadège Clair
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Three Crowns of the Sailor
Voyage of a Hand
Raoul Ruiz
Raúl Ruiz
Camila Mora-Scheihing
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The State of Things
Catherine Oudin
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Maigret
Louis Castel
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Love Unto Death
Jean-Loup Rivière
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Snakes and Ladders
Civil Wars in France
Christian Rist
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Black Thursday
Raúl Ruiz Director
First release July 3, 1984 · Produced in France · Production INA, Institut National de l'Audiovisuel
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INA
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Institut National de l'Audiovisuel
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France
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Original title
La Présence réelle
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · July 3, 1984
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Germany
February 1, 1985 · Berlin International Film Festival
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