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Iradj Azimi (writer)
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15 July 1998 (France)
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Jean Yanne, Daniel Mesguich, Claude Jade: A la recherche de la fortune et du paradis ils ne connurent que l'enfer. Full summary » | Add synopsis »
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as awesome as Géricault's famous painting
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Directed by | |||
| Iradj Azimi | |||
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| Iradj Azimi | writer | |
Produced by | |||
| Iradj Azimi | .... | producer | |
| François Kenedi | .... | associate producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Carl Davis | |||
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| Ricardo Aronovich | |||
| Pierre Dupouey | |||
| Walther van den Ende | |||
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| Georges Klotz | |||
| Alexis Pezas | |||
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| Jacques Douy | |||
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| Dominique Louis | |||
Art Department | |||
| Michel Conche | .... | on-set propmaster | |
| Laurent Saimond | .... | prop buyer | |
Sound Department | |||
| Philippe Bouchez | .... | boom operator | |
| François de Morant | .... | production sound mixer | |
| Thierry Lebon | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| Eric Mauer | .... | sound designer | |
| Jacques Thomas-Gérard | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| Alain Villeval | .... | sound | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Luc Drion | .... | camera operator | |
| Claude Michaud | .... | underwater camera operator | |
| Lionel Perrin | .... | grip | |
| Nicolas Sommermeyer | .... | best boy grip | |
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"Le radeau de la Méduse" - France (original title)
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130 min
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Production began in 1987, but was interrupted when Hurricane Hugo demolished the sets. Finally finished in 1990, it did not get distributed until director-writer-producer Iradj Azimi slashed his wrists before officials of the French Ministry of Culture.See more »
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A movie inspired by a tragic maritime event happened in 1816 and a movie produced in France and in Iran, "le radeau de la Méduse" is a movie that required 4 years of work! During this very long time, you feel that the director, Iradj Azimi significantly put a lot of time and effort in his project. But his efforts weren't vain at all because the result is terrific.
In his movie, Azimi's speaking to the spectator. It means that he tries to understand and explain us how such the "Méduse" drama could happen. Thus, his directing turns out to be rigorous, precise and sometimes inventive. There's also a quiet but sustained use of the voice-over.
If the director chose to shot his film with a special photography (that spawned several gorgeous pictures), it's because he wanted to find similar colors again as the ones used on Géricault's famous painting. It deals with dark but a little shiny colors. This photography gives more strength to the dramatic side of the story. You can also notice that Azimi decided to shot the appalling castaways' living conditions with a minimum of reserve. Thanks to this, it avoids the movie to fall into the sordid.
A stunning movie supported by a quite weird but fascinating photography and Jean Yanne's extraordinary performance.