Poussières d'amour - Abfallprodukte der Liebe (1996)

German director Werner Schroeter invited his favourite opera singers to a 13th century abbey near Paris. LOVES DEBRIS didnt have, and couldn't have had, any pre-planned action. There was no... See full summary »

Director:

Werner Schroeter

Writers:

Werner Schroeter (idea), Claire Alby (idea)

Stars:

Anita Cerquetti, Martha Mödl, Rita Gorr

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Anita Cerquetti	...	Soprano
Martha Mödl	...	Dramatic Soprano
Rita Gorr	...	Mezzo-Soprano
Kristine Ciesinski	...	Soprano
Katherine Ciesinski	...	Mezzo-Soprano
Laurence Dale	...	Tenor
Jenny Drivala	...	Soprano
Sergej Larin	...	Tenor (as Serguei Larin)
Gail Gilmore	...	Soprano
Trudeliese Schmidt	...	Mezzo-Soprano
Elisabeth Cooper	...	Pianist
Isabelle Huppert	...	Interviewer
Carole Bouquet	...	Interviewer
Stéphane Arnaud
Marie-Stéphane Bernard	...	Soprano

Storyline

German director Werner Schroeter invited his favourite opera singers to a 13th century abbey near Paris. LOVES DEBRIS didnt have, and couldn't have had, any pre-planned action. There was no script, no continuity. On the other hand, there were precise constraints that provided the rules of the game: the setting, the Abbey of Royaumont, and the chosen participants. Each singer came accompanied by a person of his or her choice, and worked on an aria chosen by the director. And there was ELISABETH COOPER, a "one-woman orchestra", who transposed and played the scores on the piano and organ.

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Plot Keywords:

abbey | opera | male rear nudity | male frontal nudity

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Taglines:

A meditation on love, life, death and the human voice.

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Genres:

Documentary | Musical

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Details

Country:

Germany France UK

Language:

French English German Italian Russian

Release Date:

7 November 1996 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Love's Debris

Company Credits

Production Co:

MC4 Productions, Imalyre, VTCOM France Telecom

Technical Specs

Runtime:

130 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in Mondo Lux - Die Bilderwelten des Werner Schroeter (2011)

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Soundtracks

"Lohengrin"
Richard Wagner

User Reviews

A romp through the rather interesting mind of stage and film director Werner Schroeter

This film is a montage of images of new opera stagings, of remembrances, of discussions, and of the creative impulse behind what makes a singer sing. It's also a very German film, shot partly on location in a French Abbey, with American singers, Italian, French, and German singers, and a good deal of whimsy.

If you like opera, or even if you don't, it's a terrific film.