Le Tempestaire (1948)

Directed by

Jean Epstein

Genre

drama film

Country

France

Runtime

22 min

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 36 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman anxiously waits for her fiancé to return from the sea during a violent storm. The film uses time-lapse and slow motion to show her fear and the power of nature.

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What happens

Le Tempestaire is a 1947 French short drama film written and directed by Jean Epstein. The title translates as "The storm tamer". The story revolves around a woman who is worried for her fiancé, who is out at sea during a storm. The film makes use of temporal techniques such as time-lapse and slow motion both in images and sound. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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