Citizen Langlois (1995)
- Directed by
- Edgardo Cozarinsky
- Genre
- documentary
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1h
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 6 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This documentary profiles Henri Langlois, a co-founder of the Cinematheque Francaise who dedicated himself to collecting and preserving rare films and cinema artifacts. Through interviews and old footage, it portrays him as an eccentric and mysterious figure with a passion for film history. The film draws parallels between Langlois and the fictional collector Charles Foster Kane.
eccentriccharismaticobservantreverenthistoricarchivalcerebralnostalgic
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