A vendredi, Robinson

In LA SOCIOLOGIE EST UN SPORT DE COMBAT (2001), a documentary about Pierre Bourdieu, the sociologist receives an envelope from Jean-Luc Godard. The letter inside is written in the style of his HISTOIRE(S) DU CINÈMA, with a montage of images and words that play with history and the history of its representation. Bourdieu looks blankly at this piece of paper and understands nothing. “Poor Bourdieu”, he says. Years later, Godard finds a better pen pal in his inbox, Iranian filmmaker Ebrahim Golestan, who is writing from his gothic revival palace in Sussex. Filmmaker Mitra Farahani proposes and orchestrates this initially artificial set of encounters, which are supposed to take place every Friday for almost 30 weeks. As strange as it may sound, Farahani turns all this into a real film. Godard and Golestan both play their characters well, creating a comedy of artistry and old age, each creating parody of his own: one plays the lord and the other plays the tramp. The images are as hilarious as they are intimate, as Farahani records Golestan, while Fabrice Aragno follows Godard. All four filmmakers act and react. The correspondence is rich, full of self-narrations and enigmas that end up creating a relationship. What are portraits if not the artificial accounts of their own ties? (Lucía Salas)

In the presence of Mitra Farahani and Philippe-Alain Michaud.

Mitra Farahani: JUSTE UNE FEMME (2001, K, Co-Director) TABOUS – ZOHRE & MANOUCHEHR (2004), BEHJAT SADR: LE TEMPS SUSPENDU (2007) FIFI HOWLS FROM HAPPINESS (2013), DAVID ET GOLIATH N°45 (2014, K)