Comme les oiseaux (1992)
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- 1h 30min
- Documentary
- 22 Jan 1992 (France)
- Movie
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Cast
Monique Loudières | ... |
Elle-même étoile de l'Opéra de Paris
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Patrick Dupond | ... |
Self
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Cyril Atanassoff | ... |
Self
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Yvette Chauviré | ... |
Self
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Violette Verdy | ... |
Self / Narrator
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Manuel Legris | ... |
Self
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Jirí Kylián | ... |
Lui-même- chorégraphe
(as Jirí Kylian)
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Jerome Robbins | ... |
Lui-même - chorégraphe
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Vladimir Vasilev | ... |
Self
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Henri Barda | ... |
Un pianiste
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Hervé Dirmann | ... |
Lui-même - dansant Roméo
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Pietro Galli | ... |
Un pianiste
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Directed by
Dominique Delouche |
Written by
Dominique Delouche | ... | () (uncredited) |
Violette Verdy | ... | () (uncredited) |
Produced by
Pierre Bergé | ... | associate producer (uncredited) |
Jérôme Clément | ... | co-producer (uncredited) |
Dominique Delouche | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Dominique Wallon | ... | associate producer (uncredited) |
Music by
Henri Sauguet |
Cinematography by
Daniel Vogel |
Editing by
Isabelle Dedieu | ||
Dominique Greussay |
Editorial Department
Dominique Greussay | ... | assistant editor |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Patrice Roblin | ... | second assistant director |
Dominique Targy | ... | first assistant director |
Sound Department
Gérard Allary | ... | sound engineer (as Gérard Alari) |
Julien Cloquet | ... | re-recording mixer |
Éric Masson | ... | sound engineer (as Eric Masson) |
Alain Villeval | ... | sound |
Camera and Electrical Department
Daniel Cande | ... | archive photographs |
Sylvie Carcedo | ... | assistant camera |
Nicolas Herdt | ... | assistant camera (as Nicolas Hert) |
Philippe Houdart | ... | assistant camera |
Serge Lido | ... | archive photographs |
Franck Schneider | ... | assistant camera |
Music Department
Henri Barda | ... | musician: piano |
Pietro Galli | ... | musician: piano |
Georges Pludermacher | ... | musician: piano: 'Sonatine' |
Script and Continuity Department
Agnès Quintin | ... | script supervisor |
Additional Crew
Jocelyn Bosser | ... | choreographer: 'Romeo and Juliet' |
Thanks
Pierre Bergé | ... | thanks: Président de l'Opéra de Paris |
Philippe Binot | ... | thanks |
Françoise Boudet | ... | thanks |
Jean-Albert Cartier | ... | special thanks: Administrateur de la danse à l'Opéra de Paris |
Laurence Danjou | ... | thanks |
Anne Faussurier | ... | thanks |
Alain Gallais | ... | thanks |
Francis Germain | ... | thanks |
Georges François Hirsch | ... | thanks (as Georges-François Hirsch, administrateur de la danse à l'Opéra de Paris) |
Michel Kohl | ... | thanks |
Jacques Lavielle | ... | thanks |
Josseline Le Bourhis | ... | thanks |
Christophe Rangheart | ... | thanks |
Danou Rondon | ... | thanks |
Hélène Tralline | ... | special thanks (as Hélène Traïline) |
Production Companies
- Association pour le Rayonnement de l'Opéra de Paris (AROP) (participation)
- Cinémathèque de la Danse (participation)
- Direction de la Musique et de la Danse (participation)
- La Sept Cinéma
- Les Films du Prieuré
- Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (participation)
Distributors
- Les Films du Prieuré (1993) (France) (theatrical)
- Doriane Film (2006) (France) (DVD)
- VAI (United States) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Opéra de Paris (thanks)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Gracile and light as a bird, an apparition, dressed in diaphanous white veils, appears on the rooftops of the Opéra Garnier, with a white dove as her companion. A voice calls her to the stage. Another voice, that of Violette Verdy, a dance teacher, addresses her with the admiration of the one whose expectations have been met. This is how we spectators learn that the floating creature is none other than Monique Loudières, one of the Etoile dancers of the Paris Opera, and Violette's former pupil. The ghost then takes flesh, but only to some extent such is the way Monique Loudières defies gravity. From then on she will be seen rehearsing great roles in scenes from famous ballets with partners of the stature of Patrick Dupond and Manuel Legris, either under the benevolent guidance of great elders who pass on their knowledge (Yvette Chauviré, Violette Verdy) or of international masters of contemporary choreography (Jerome Robbins, Jiri Kylian...) Attentive, concentrated, in love with perfection, we see her integrate the gestures, positions and movements they indicate only to replicate them in the moment in the inspired way that make her their ideal interpreter. In the end, the ballerina and the dove become unsubstantial again and vanish in the realm of the stars where they belong. Written by Guy Bellinger |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | Filmed at the Opéra de Paris in 1988. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Balanchine in Paris (2011). See more » |
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