Marcel Hanoun

Hanoun's first film. Shot in 16 mm on a very low budget, this film chronicles a simple story about a mother and her daughter trying to survive in Paris, looking for a job and food.

In La Nuit Claire, Hanoun re-imagines the myth of Orpheus in a series of poetic vignettes both beautiful and horrifying. Canninbalism, the male/female dichotomy and the role of the artist are all grist for Hanoun's mill.

"I am dying of living", these words written by Teresa of Ávila are said by Mother Aloïse Osée at the moment of her separation from Don Jérôme. (allocine.fr)

While working on a documentary about the city of Bruges, an artistically frustrated filmmaker must deal with the increasing difficulties in his marriage. (Letterboxd)

Julien, a movie director, is on the phase of editing his new film, "Juliette sacrifiée". Hurried by his producer, he asks for the help of a professional editor. It is Anne, with whom Julien is soon falling in love. During the whole of the movie, both are sitting in front of the editing table, where they listen to music, talk about politics and what movies should and should not be about, make love, and finally end up editing the film as was planned. (imdb)

Above all, its a film whose pretext -- a human interest newspaper clipping -- remains merely a pretext; whose essence consists of what Barthes called the catalysis, ie: all elements which are not directly part of the story but which, on the contrary, slow it down and subvert it. Hanoun's efforts are dedicated to divorcing his film from the domain of literary fiction and bringing it closer to painting and music." (Dominique Noguez)

He plays with fragments of the scene, reframing the image, using frames (doors, windows, a mirror as a tableau vivant) and all of this confronts the viewer with a sort of catalog of repetitive acts, where drama and character development are absent. These moments characterized by their pure banality end up permitting the real subject to slip through the cracks of the narrative... (Nacho Cagiga)

Imaginary reconstitution of Carl-Emmanuel Jung's process, war criminal, free, judged after twenty years for his crimes. (Le Cinematographe)

Documentary about Iceland, an island shaken by the events of its volcanic activity, characterized by a rich maritime activity and ancient traditions. (imdb)

Initially a made-to-order documentary on Spain, the film becomes an open-ended work-in-the-making about the creative process. "Settling in the Spanish capital to make a documentary, Hanoun sketches out for us the different steps involved in making a film. The author turns his hesitations, his doubts and difficult working conditions into the constituents of his work". (imdb)

A report between a killer and his victim.

Comedian Boisse acts through responses to the 9/11 attacks in New York.

A short film shot on July 2, 2011 that directly refers to the DSK case. In voice-over, with an echo in English, the inner monologue of a maid who wears makeup, hair, wounds, whose body has disappeared in suffering. A reflection on loneliness and confinement. (Re:Voir)

A documentary on Hungarians refugees in an Austrian labor camp.

La Cinémathèque offered the filmmaker Marcel Hanoun to make a retrospective of his work, a new film, the one of his choice: a “free” film, which means free to the filmmaker of to see and hear what he wants, who he wants, and, ideally, to make it known and heard by everyone. (Letterboxd)