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With her well known intensity, Delphine Seyrig plays the part of Claire who has to be able to combine the extreme demands of fragile perfection, autonomous artistry and cherished independence with the time honoured need for human contact and intimacy. To do this, we have access to a tool, the telephone. Furthermore, the well known inadequacies of this means of communications are compensated by the answering machine. This last addition to the technical novelties that help us to instant emotional satisfaction, does not prove to be a panacea. Claire can only speak to her gallant's machine; as far as that goes, Anna Magnani in Rossellini's film 'L'amore' is to be envied because, in a passionate indictment, she was able to curse, flatter, threaten and whisper to her lover directly. Claire wanders about her carefully designed apartment, calls from a red, black or white telephone, nibbles at conveniently hidden chocolate, drinks a glass of water and after a resolute decision, walks out of the door, just at the moment that Pierre finally talks to her machine.
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Erik Daams
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Text: Claudine Delvaux, Delphine Seyrig,
Camera: Alain Marcoun, Claudine Delvaux, Pierre Boogaerts,
Editing: Claudine Delvaux, Linda Peers,
Sound: Maxime Ferland, Richard Angers,
Music: W.A. Mozart, Suzanne Vega,
Sound mixing: Rene Roberge,
Make-up: Charles Tremblay,
Executive producer: Nathalie Gelinas, Louise Surpenant,
Voice: Leo Ilial,
With: Delphine Seyrig,
Production: Wallonie Image Production/Le Vidéographe inc.
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