Balthus Through the Looking Glass (1996)

Original title

Balthus de l'autre côté du miroir

Directed by

Damian Pettigrew

Genre

documentary film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 12m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary profiles the French painter Balthus, showing his life and work. It includes interviews and looks at his artistic process.

meditativecontemplativeintimateobservationalquietreflectiveleisurely

What happens

Balthus Through the Looking-Glass (French: Balthus de l'autre côté du miroir) is a 1996 French documentary film directed by Damian Pettigrew on the French painter Balthus. The film was honored in a cycle of film classics by Jean Renoir, Marcel Carné, and Jean Vigo at the Museum Ludwig (Cologne, Germany) in September 2007. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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