Claire Denis

by Martine Beugnet, Diana Holmes (Editor), Robert Ingram (Editor)

Overview

Claire Denis is one of France's most acclaimed and original filmmakers. Since her remarkable debut success with 'Chocolat' (1986), she has produced an impressive series of features which have been intriguing, visually striking, and often highly controversial (including 'Beau Travail' (2000) and 'Trouble Every Day' (2001)). Beugnet provides a thematic and stylistic framework within which to consider Denis' work, as well as a comprehensive analysis of individual films. She highlights the resonance of Denis' films in relation to ongoing debates about French national identity and culture, and issues of postcolonial identity, alienation and transgression, as well as examining their exploration of the interface between sexuality, desire and sensuality. This is an essential introduction to Denis, and a sophisticated and illuminating study of her work to date.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781526162809
Publisher:	Manchester University Press
Publication date:	06/15/2021
Series:	French Film Directors Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	739 KB

About the Author

Martine Beugnet is Lecturer in European Film Studies at Edinburgh University
Diana Holmes is Professor of French at Keele University
Robert Ingram is Associate Dean in the School of Languages and European Studies at the University of Wolverhampton

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Foreignness and the aesthetics of the unsaid 2. Screening exile 3. The mise en scène of desire: Towards a cinema of the senses Conclusion Filmography Select bibliography