Marguerite Duras in the Lions' Den

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  • France Marguerite Duras chez les lions
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Short / Documentary
France, 1966, 9 min

Directed by:

Paul Seban

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At the Vincennes zoo in Paris, we meet the lion keeper, whom Duras subtly interrogates about his work. The graphically eloquent shots of desperate lions circling in a cage move us to the question of whether such animals can be happy. Although we watch a zoo employee going about his routine work, you can sense that he is unnerved by the question. (Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival)

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