A tribute to Agnès Varda's husband of 33 years, Jacques Demy, Jacquot de Nantes is an evocation of Demy's childhood and his pursuit of his dream of becoming a filmmaker.
Jacquot Demy is a little boy at the end of the 1930s. His father owns a garage and his mother is a hairdresser, while Jacquot is fascinated by cinema and theatre and buys a camera to shoot his first amateur film...
This was obviously a filmic labour of love about a mans lifelong labour of filmic love. Consequently, all the emotional/ intellectual ups and downs filtered through an... more >
This was obviously a filmic labour of love about a mans lifelong labour of filmic love. Consequently, all the emotional/ intellectual ups and downs filtered through and so it was a pure joy to watch and, indeed, to experience. As always, thorough research and thorough pre-production paid off in the end. Yes, indeed, a pure delight. < less
