Day 32. Une Heure avec Alice (2011)

Une Heure avec Alice

English Title

     An Hour with Alice

Director

     Jean Paul Civeyrac

Year

     2011

Form

     Short Film

Duration

     13 minutes

Synopsis

     Alice and Paul are both studying at the Sorbonne in Paris. After a lesson, Paul, who is attracted to Alice, begins to speak with her. They find that they share the same ideas on philosophy but that as regards cinema, they are not at all on the same wavelength.

Une Heure avec Alice. With Adèle Haenel & Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet.


Une Heure avec Alice

https://youtu.be/ZqlkzgcI3vI

FRENCH VERSION

Adèle’s role

Alice

Notes

• The director, Jean Paul Civeyrac, was in the class of 1991 at La Femis (‘1991 promotion’), the premiere film school in France. Many of the folk, now well known to us, are graduates from this esteemed institution. Jean Paul Civeyrac headed the production department of Fémis from 2000 to 2010 (that is, while Céline Sciamma was a student there).
• This short film is a tribute to cinema in a series called ‘Carte blanche Blow Up on Arte’ and is a tribute to filmmakerMilos Foreman.
• Filming location
• o   La Sorbonne, Paris 5, Paris, France
• pening scene
• o   Square de Cluny, Paris 5, Paris, France
• Alice and Paul cross a public garden talking
• o   Square René-Viviani, Paris 5, Paris, France
• Alice and Paul continue to exchange views sitting on a bench
• o   Quartier Latin, Paris 5, Paris, France
• Setting of the whole action
• o   Montagne Sainte-Geneviève, Paris 5, Paris, France
• Cinema where Alice is supposed to see 'Les Amours d'une blonde'
• o   Rue Galande, Paris 5, Paris, France
• final scene
• o   Quai de la Seine, Paris 5, Paris, France
•  Alice and Paul continue to exchange views

• Soundtrack Credits
• Sonate N° 41 en mi bémol majeur. Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Sérénade N° 11 en mi bémol majeur. Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Images from the film