Le plein du vide

Copyright artist(s) and courtesy argos

Artist(s)

Year

1978

Duration

00:37:00

Original format

D1

Color

col.

Color system

PAL

Languages

Spoken: French

Availability

Distribution
Collection

The Beaubourg neighbourhood in Paris is completely abandoned by its inhabitants. Has the plague struck? Perhaps we are quite simply in the month of August, when Parisians have all gone on holiday?
A void. The camera peers at this void with a vigilant, caressing and obsessive movement, to the strains of a well-known refrain: "j’en ai marre, marabout, bout d’ficelle, selle de ch’val, ch’val de course, course à pied…"