Trying to Describe Oneself (2005)
- Original title
- Tentatives de se décrire
- Directed by
- Boris Lehman
- Genre
- documentary
- Country
- France, Belgium, Canada
- Runtime
- 2h 45m
- Rating
- 7.4 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This documentary follows filmmaker Boris Lehman as he explores the challenges of representing yourself and others on film. It combines letter writing, travel, and home movie footage shot between 1989 and 1995. The result is a portrait of the director himself.
introspectivefragmentedreflectivecerebralexperimentalpersonalmeditativecontemplative
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