Marguerite Duras: Worn Out with Desire to Write
Dir. by Alan Benson and Daniel Wiles
UK, 1985, 54 mins
Marguerite Duras – 20th-century France’s greatest femme de lettres – was the sort of woman who spared neither herself nor others. In this vintage filmed interview, the late novelist and filmmaker talks openly about the hardship and the romance of her childhood in French Indochina, sharing how this period haunted her life and shaped her work. The film includes excerpts from her films and readings from her books by actress Elizabeth Rider and Duras herself, including The Lover, winner of the Prix Goncourt and translated into more than forty languages.
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Marguerite Duras: Worn Out with Desire to Write
<p>Dir. by Alan Benson and Daniel Wiles<br />
UK, 1985, 54 mins</p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Marguerite Duras – 20<sup>th</sup>-century France’s greatest <em>femme de lettres</em> – was the sort of woman who spared neither herself nor others. In this vintage filmed interview, the late novelist and filmmaker talks openly about the hardship and the romance of her childhood in French Indochina, sharing how this period haunted her life and shaped her work. The film includes excerpts from her films and readings from her books by actress Elizabeth Rider and Duras herself, including <em>The Lover</em>, winner of the Prix Goncourt and translated into more than forty languages.</span></p>
<p><strong>To see the full list of films, go <a href="https://www.bklynlibrary.org/litfilm" target="_blank">here</a>.</strong></p>
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