Citizen Langlois
6.7
This French documentary pays homage to a young man whose passion left a rich and valuable legacy to the world of cinema. Henri Langlois was one of the co-founders of the Cinematheque Francaise, a museum which contains many rare artifacts from early cinema as well as one of the most extensive film archives in the world. This documentary will be most meaningful for those already familiar with Langlois' story. Through old film clips and interviews, Langlois is seen as an eccentric but charismatic young visionary obsessed with preserving and locating old films. Filmmaker Edgardo Cozarinsky uses scenes from Citizen Kane to compare the portly iconoclast to Charles Foster Kane, in that both Langlois and Welle's fictional newspaper magnate where avid collectors, and both were men of mystery.
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Edgardo Cozarinsky
Serge Lalou
Henri Langlois
Self (archive footage)
Also in
Bernadette Lafont: And God Created the Free Woman
Exhibition of the French Cinémathèque
Martine Bouquin
Niels Arestrup
La voix de (voice)
Known for
A Prophet
War Horse
Jacques Bouquin
Dominique Païni
Also in
Cinématon n°333 : Dominique Païni
Cinématon XXXIV
Bernard Boursicot
Bernard Boursicot
Freddy Buache
Freddy Buache
Marie Epstein
Marie Epstein
Georges Franju
Self (archive footage)
Lillian Gish
Self (archive footage)
Edgardo Cozarinsky Director · Jacques Bouquin Cinematographer Martine Bouquin Editor
United States release October 10, 1995 · Produced in France · Production Canal+, StudioCanal
Production
La Cinémathèque Française
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Canal+
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StudioCanal
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Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
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Institut National de l'Audiovisuel
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La Sept-Arte
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France
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Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · February 20, 1995
United States · October 10, 1995
Theatrical
Argentina
April 13, 2000 · Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
Netherlands
December 10, 1995 · IDFA Festival
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