paris &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:paris @settima@mograph.social Wed, 19 Aug 2026 22:07:53 +0200 E-clip-se (Chris Marker, 1999) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-3pyb <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" E-clip-se (Chris Marker, 1999)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 11/div div class="occasion" 1999/div div class="img" E-clip-se (1999).png)/div div class="caption" A young woman or child at the Jardin des plantes de Paris wears protective glasses while looking up in amazement during the August 11, 1999 solar eclipse, her baguette a vague memory. DP: Chris Marker./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #ChrisMarker #documentary #eclipse #bread #baguette #sun #ShortFilm #Paris #France #1990s/div /section ]]>

E-clip-se (Chris Marker, 1999)

Aug

11

1999

E-clip-se (1999)

A young woman or child at the Jardin des plantes de Paris wears protective glasses while looking up in amazement during the August 11, 1999 solar eclipse, her baguette a vague memory. DP: Chris Marker.

#FilmDuJour #August #ChrisMarker #documentary #eclipse #bread #baguette #sun #ShortFilm #Paris #France #1990s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-3pyb Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Le doulos [The Informer] (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1962) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-m3jf <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Le doulos [The Informer] (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1962)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 12/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Le doulos (1962).png)/div div class="caption" Belmondo and a white woman in a Cheongsam – both looking straight at us – awkwardly sit at a small round table in some sort of nightclub-ish establishment. There are cigarettes, an empty glass, and an ice bucket in front of her. DP: Nicolas Hayer./div div class="txt" "I don't give a damn. But I have the jewels and I need the money." ### – Silien /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDinner #JeanPierreMelville #PierreLesou #JeanPaulBelmondo #SergeReggiani #JeanDesailly #RenéLefèvre #PhilippeMarch #FabienneDali #MoniqueHennessy #CarlStuder #MichelPiccoli #VolkerSchlöndorff #DominiqueZardi #PaulMisraki #NicolasHayer #BookAdaptation #crime #thriller #Paris #France #Italy #1960s/div /section ]]>

Le doulos [The Informer] (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1962)

Jun

12

Le doulos (1962)

Belmondo and a white woman in a Cheongsam – both looking straight at us – awkwardly sit at a small round table in some sort of nightclub-ish establishment. There are cigarettes, an empty glass, and an ice bucket in front of her. DP: Nicolas Hayer.

“I don't give a damn. But I have the jewels and I need the money.”

– Silien

#FilmDinner #JeanPierreMelville #PierreLesou #JeanPaulBelmondo #SergeReggiani #JeanDesailly #RenéLefèvre #PhilippeMarch #FabienneDali #MoniqueHennessy #CarlStuder #MichelPiccoli #VolkerSchlöndorff #DominiqueZardi #PaulMisraki #NicolasHayer #BookAdaptation #crime #thriller #Paris #France #Italy #1960s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-m3jf Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:40:53 +0200 Grands soirs & petits matins [May Days] (William Klein, 1978) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-3j7b <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Grands soirs & petits matins [May Days] (William Klein, 1978)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 24/div div class="occasion" 1968/div div class="img" Grands soirs & petits matins (1978)/div div class="caption" Sorbonne students discussing the political situation with an elderly Parisian man. DPs: William Klein & Bernard Lutic./div div class="txt" "Soyez réalistes, demandez l'impossible" ### – May 68 slogan /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #May #WilliamKlein #BernardLutic #documentary #photography #CinémaDirect #Situationisme #history #politics #Mai68 #Paris #France #1970s ★★★★½/div /section ]]>

Grands soirs & petits matins [May Days] (William Klein, 1978)

May

24

1968

Grands soirs & petits matins (1978)

Sorbonne students discussing the political situation with an elderly Parisian man. DPs: William Klein & Bernard Lutic.

“Soyez réalistes, demandez l'impossible”

– May 68 slogan

#FilmDuJour #May #WilliamKlein #BernardLutic #documentary #photography #CinémaDirect #Situationisme #history #politics #Mai68 #Paris #France #1970s ★★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-3j7b Sun, 24 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200 La Femme Bourreau [A Woman Kills] (Jean-Denis Bonan, 1968) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-5krp <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" La Femme Bourreau [A Woman Kills] (Jean-Denis Bonan, 1968)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 20/div div class="occasion" 1943/div div class="img" La Femme Bourreau (1968)/div div class="caption" A dark-haired woman lounging on a bed. DP: Gérard de Battista./div div class="txt" "Hélène Picard, born in Lyon, May 20, 1943. A child in care, she is reported as a runaway, a thief and unstable." ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #May #JeanDenisBonan #MyriamMézières #JeanRollin #BernardVitet #GérardDeBattista #drama #crime #ExperimentalFilm #Paris #France #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

La Femme Bourreau [A Woman Kills] (Jean-Denis Bonan, 1968)

May

20

1943

La Femme Bourreau (1968)

A dark-haired woman lounging on a bed. DP: Gérard de Battista.

“Hélène Picard, born in Lyon, May 20, 1943. A child in care, she is reported as a runaway, a thief and unstable.”

#FilmDuJour #May #JeanDenisBonan #MyriamMézières #JeanRollin #BernardVitet #GérardDeBattista #drama #crime #ExperimentalFilm #Paris #France #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-5krp Wed, 20 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Beaubourg, centre d'art et de culture Georges Pompidou [Beaubourg] (Roberto... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/beaubourg-centre-dart-et-de-culture-georges-pompidou-1977 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Beaubourg, centre d'art et de culture Georges Pompidou [Beaubourg] (Roberto Rossellini, 1977)/div div class="month" Jan/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 31/div div class="occasion" 1977/div div class="img" Beaubourg, centre d'art et de culture Georges Pompidou (1977)/div div class="caption" Rossellini on site. DPs: Néstor Almendros, Jean Chiabaut & Emmanuel Machuel./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #January #RobertoRossellini #RichardRogers #SuRogers #RenzoPiano #GianfrancoFranchini #NéstorAlmendros #JeanChiabaut #EmmanuelMachuel #art #documentary #CentrePompidou #museums #architecture #France #Paris #1970s/div /section ]]>

Beaubourg, centre d'art et de culture Georges Pompidou [Beaubourg] (Roberto Rossellini, 1977)

Jan

31

1977

Beaubourg, centre d'art et de culture Georges Pompidou (1977)

Rossellini on site. DPs: Néstor Almendros, Jean Chiabaut & Emmanuel Machuel.

#FilmDuJour #January #RobertoRossellini #RichardRogers #SuRogers #RenzoPiano #GianfrancoFranchini #NéstorAlmendros #JeanChiabaut #EmmanuelMachuel #art #documentary #CentrePompidou #museums #architecture #France #Paris #1970s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/beaubourg-centre-dart-et-de-culture-georges-pompidou-1977 Sat, 31 Jan 2026 09:00:00 +0100 Soleil Ô [Oh, Sun] (Med Hondo, 1970) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-1sfs <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Soleil Ô [Oh, Sun] (Med Hondo, 1970)/div div class="month" Dec/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 10/div div class="occasion" Human Rights Day/div div class="img" Soleil Ô (1970).jpg)/div div class="caption" An optimistic Robert Liensol in the city of lights (via). DPs: François Catonné & Jean-Claude Rahaga./div div class="txt" Celebrating human rights on Human Rights Day: the right to work "Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment." ### – Universal Declaration of Human Rights, United Nations General Assembly A Mauritanian immigrant (Robert Liensol) too starts anew in Paris. But first, he'll need a job. /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2025FilmChallenge #HumanRightsDay #HumanRights #MedHondo #RobertLiensol #ThéoLégitimus #AmbroiseMBia #GabrielGlissant #AkonioDolo #BernardFresson #SarahHardenberg #GérardHernandez #GillesSégal #GeorgeAnderson #FrançoisCatonné #JeanClaudeRahaga #drama #racism #diaspora #Paris #France #Mauritania #1970s/div /section ]]>

Soleil Ô [Oh, Sun] (Med Hondo, 1970)

Dec

10

Human Rights Day

Soleil Ô (1970)

An optimistic Robert Liensol in the city of lights (via). DPs: François Catonné & Jean-Claude Rahaga.

Celebrating human rights on Human Rights Day: the right to work

“Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.”

– Universal Declaration of Human Rights, United Nations General Assembly

A Mauritanian immigrant (Robert Liensol) too starts anew in Paris. But first, he'll need a job.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #HumanRightsDay #HumanRights #MedHondo #RobertLiensol #ThéoLégitimus #AmbroiseMBia #GabrielGlissant #AkonioDolo #BernardFresson #SarahHardenberg #GérardHernandez #GillesSégal #GeorgeAnderson #FrançoisCatonné #JeanClaudeRahaga #drama #racism #diaspora #Paris #France #Mauritania #1970s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-1sfs Wed, 10 Dec 2025 19:00:00 +0100 La vérité [The Truth] (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1960) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-b31g <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" La vérité [The Truth] (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1960)/div div class="month" Oct/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 15/div div class="occasion" 1959/div div class="img" La vérité (1960)/div div class="caption" Gilbert (Sami Frey) and Dominique (Brigitte Bardot). DP: Armand Thirard./div div class="txt" The day of the court case. Numerous other dates are mentioned, all in flashbacks. – The Paris Court of Appeals, meeting on October 15, 1959, pursuant to the charges against Dominique Marceau. – With a girl like that, truth may be the best defense for once. /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #October #HenriGeorgesClouzot #BrigitteBardot #PaulMeurisse #CharlesVanel #SamiFrey #MarieJoséNat #JeanLoupReynold #ArmandThirard #drama #romance #crime #Paris #France #Italy #1960s ★★★★½/div /section ]]>

La vérité [The Truth] (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1960)

Oct

15

1959

La vérité (1960)

Gilbert (Sami Frey) and Dominique (Brigitte Bardot). DP: Armand Thirard.

The day of the court case. Numerous other dates are mentioned, all in flashbacks.

– The Paris Court of Appeals, meeting on October 15, 1959, pursuant to the charges against Dominique Marceau.

– With a girl like that, truth may be the best defense for once.

#FilmDuJour #October #HenriGeorgesClouzot #BrigitteBardot #PaulMeurisse #CharlesVanel #SamiFrey #MarieJoséNat #JeanLoupReynold #ArmandThirard #drama #romance #crime #Paris #France #Italy #1960s ★★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-b31g Wed, 15 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0200 Mélodie en sous-sol [Any Number Can Win] (Henri Verneuil, 1963) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/melodie-en-sous-sol-1963 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Mélodie en sous-sol [Any Number Can Win] (Henri Verneuil, 1963)/div div class="month" Sep/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 6/div div class="occasion" Tue/div div class="img" Mélodie en sous-sol (1963)/div div class="caption" Mario (Henri Virlojeux), bathhouse proprietor. A nearby wall calendar reads mardi, septembre 6. DP: Louis Page./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #September #HenriVerneuil #ZekialMarko #JeanGabin #AlainDelon #HenriVirlojeux #MichelMagne #LouisPage #crime #heist #BookAdaptation #jazz #Paris #Cannes #France #Italy #1960s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Mélodie en sous-sol [Any Number Can Win] (Henri Verneuil, 1963)

Sep

6

Tue

Mélodie en sous-sol (1963)

Mario (Henri Virlojeux), bathhouse proprietor. A nearby wall calendar reads mardi, septembre 6. DP: Louis Page.

#FilmDuJour #September #HenriVerneuil #ZekialMarko #JeanGabin #AlainDelon #HenriVirlojeux #MichelMagne #LouisPage #crime #heist #BookAdaptation #jazz #Paris #Cannes #France #Italy #1960s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/melodie-en-sous-sol-1963 Sat, 06 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0200 Pickpocket (Robert Bresson, 1959) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/pickpocket-1959-b7hg <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Pickpocket (Robert Bresson, 1959)/div div class="month" Sep/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 6/div div class="occasion" Sun/div div class="img" Pickpocket (1959)/div div class="caption" The newspaper of Sunday, September 6, announcing a derby. DP: Léonce-Henri Burel./div div class="txt" "The pickings were poor and not worth the risk." ### – Michel\ /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #September #RobertBresson #MarikaGreen #JeanPélégri #PierreLeymarie #Kassagi #PierreÉtaix #LéonceHenriBurel #drama #crime #romance #Paris #France #1950s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Pickpocket (Robert Bresson, 1959)

Sep

6

Sun

Pickpocket (1959)

The newspaper of Sunday, September 6, announcing a derby. DP: Léonce-Henri Burel.

“The pickings were poor and not worth the risk.”

– Michel

#FilmDuJour #September #RobertBresson #MarikaGreen #JeanPélégri #PierreLeymarie #Kassagi #PierreÉtaix #LéonceHenriBurel #drama #crime #romance #Paris #France #1950s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/pickpocket-1959-b7hg Sat, 06 Sep 2025 11:00:00 +0200 Petit à petit [Little by Little] (Jean Rouch, 1970) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-pn58 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Petit à petit [Little by Little] (Jean Rouch, 1970)/div div class="month" Sep/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 3/div div class="occasion" Skyscraper Day/div div class="img" Petit à petit (1970)/div div class="caption" Damouré (Damouré Zika) measures a Parisian with craniology callipers. No skyscraper in this still, but there's scaffolding. DP: Jean Rouch./div div class="txt" A skyscraper for Skyscraper Day (USA) &nbsp; In the sequel to Rouch's Jaguar (1967), Damouré wants a high rise for his Niger business with "as many floors as he has wives". He decides to travel to Paris to learn about the construction of such building, and what made Paris to the Paris of today. While there, he gets distracted by the peculiarities of the French natives. Worried about Damouré's increasingly puzzling postcards, his company sends out Lam (Lam Ibrahim Dia) to bring him home. /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2025FilmChallenge #SkyscraperDay #skyscrapers #JeanRouch #DamouréZika #LamIbrahimDia #IlloGoudal #SafiFaye #ArianeBruneton #JacquesChabot #MoustaphaAlassane #ethnography #drama #comedy #satire #Paris #France #Niger #1970's/div /section ]]>

Petit à petit [Little by Little] (Jean Rouch, 1970)

Sep

3

Skyscraper Day

Petit à petit (1970)

Damouré (Damouré Zika) measures a Parisian with craniology callipers. No skyscraper in this still, but there's scaffolding. DP: Jean Rouch.

A skyscraper for Skyscraper Day (USA)

 

In the sequel to Rouch's Jaguar (1967), Damouré wants a high rise for his Niger business with “as many floors as he has wives”. He decides to travel to Paris to learn about the construction of such building, and what made Paris to the Paris of today. While there, he gets distracted by the peculiarities of the French natives. Worried about Damouré's increasingly puzzling postcards, his company sends out Lam (Lam Ibrahim Dia) to bring him home.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #SkyscraperDay #skyscrapers #JeanRouch #DamouréZika #LamIbrahimDia #IlloGoudal #SafiFaye #ArianeBruneton #JacquesChabot #MoustaphaAlassane #ethnography #drama #comedy #satire #Paris #France #Niger #1970's

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-pn58 Wed, 03 Sep 2025 20:10:00 +0200