Jacquot of Nantes (1991)★ 8.1/10

PG · FR · 118 min · May 15, 1991

Comedy
Drama
Biography

Written by: Agnès Varda, Jacques Demy

A boy growing up in Nantes during World War II around his father's auto shop has a love for puppet shows and cinema and develops it into his own art. Jacques Demy, the artist at the end of his life, reflects on his childhood influences.

Original title

Jacquot of Nantes

Storyline

Jacquot Demy is a little boy at the end of the 1930s. His father owns an automotive garage and his mother is a hairdresser. The whole family lives happily and likes to sing and go to the movies. Jacquot is fascinated by every kind of show: theatre, cinema, puppets. He buys a camera to shoot his first amateur film... an evocation of French filmmaker Jacques Demy's childhood and avocation for the cinema and musicals.

Rating

8.1 / 10 · 2,397

Companies

Canal+, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Ciné-tamaris, La Sept Cinéma, Sofiarp, AMLF, Citel Films, Filmladen, Gala Film Distributors, Herald Ace, Mikado Film, Sputnik Film, T&O Film, Sony Pictures Classics, Polfilm, Prancuzu kulturos centras, Arte Editions, Curzon Film Distributors, The Criterion Channel, Avalon Productions, Avalon, ARTE, Columbia TriStar Home Video

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