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Release Date:
January 1, 2014
Original Title:
Benny Lévy, traces d'un enseignement
Production Companies:
Pascale Thirode
Production Countries:
France
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 60
Impressed by Benny Lévy's teaching, which he had attended for several years at Paris-VII, Jackie Berroyer quickly came to the conclusion that it was necessary to keep a record of it. To do so, he suggested filming one of his seminars. This was no easy task: Benny Lévy was wary of images, preferring words and the patient study of texts, and feared that the intrusion of cameras would profoundly alter the teaching relationship – a discreet, dense and intimate relationship. Berroyer eventually overcame his resistance and asked Pascale Thirode to produce the film. The result is Benny Lévy, traces of a teaching, which presents selected moments from the 1996 course on Plato's Alcibiades, considered an introductory dialogue to his thinking.
Cinematography:
Pascale Thirode
Eric Brach
Director:
Pascale Thirode
Editor:
Bertrand Fecci
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