1958 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film Winner
La Joconde: Histoire d’une obsession
Henri Gruel
This is the story of an obsession. Mona Lisa keeps smiling quizzically while our poor hero is pursued by her representation in all its forms, in all places. She smiles at him in a museum, …
The Seine Meets Paris
Joris Ivens
Quotidian scenes of Paris along the quays beside the River Seine. Fishing, snoozing, cutting hair, washing clothes. Lovers embrace as nuns gaze. Students sketch, models pose. A diver …