The Punishment, or: The Bad Encounters

(festival title)
  • France La Punition ou les mauvaises rencontres
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France, 1962, 60 min

Directed by:

Jean Rouch

Screenplay:

Jean Rouch

Cinematography:

Michel Brault
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Plots(1)

Punishment is a forgotten gem, shot using a light camera and natural sound. It tells the story of a modern Nadja wandering Paris to the sound of Bach and quotations from Baudelaire and the Marquis de Sade – film in three improvised acts with a Canadian direct cinema crew. (Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival)