Damouré parle du sida / Damouré rozpráva o AIDS / Damouré Talks about AIDS
fiction / 1992 / Niger, France / col. / 10 min.
Director: Jean Rouch
Photography: Jean Rouch
Editor: Jean Rouch
Cast: Damouré Zika, Lam Ibrahim Dia, Tallou Mouzourane
In his office in Niamey, “doctor” Damouré Zika receives “patients” Lam Ibrahim Dia and Talou Mouzourane, who have come to ask him many questions about AIDS, including the nature of the disease and forms of protection. Damouré provides all kinds of advice and ends his speech with a philosophical thought. The film was screened often and was used in Niger for prevention. (source: Ji.hlava IDFF)
La punition ou les mauvaises rencontres / Trest alebo Nevhodné známosti / The Punishment, or: The Bad Encounters
fiction / 1962 / France / bw / 60 min.
Director: Jean Rouch
Screenplay: Jean Rouch
Photography: Michel Brault , Roger Morillière, Georges Dufault
Editor: Annie Tresgot
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach
Cast: Nadine Ballot, Jean-Claude Darnal, Jean-Marie Simon, Modeste Landry, László Szabó
The Punishment is a forgotten gem, shot using a light camera and natural sound. It tells the story of a modern Nadja wandering around Paris to the sound of Bach’s music and quotations from Baudelaire and the Marquis de Sade – a film in three improvised acts with a Canadian direct cinema crew. When discussing this film, the French producer and actor Pierre Braunberger said: “The Punishment was a disaster. Let’s be objective: it is a bad film... But Rouch finds great joy in working with film, and what is so wonderful about his work is that this joy shows. Despite all those defects and all those dregs, he is a great filmmaker.”
VW Voyou / Volkswagen, ten uličník / VW, Hooligan
live-action commercial / 1973 / France, Niger / col. / 19 min.
Director: Jean Rouch
Screenplay: Jean Rouch
Photography: Jean Rouch
Editor: Jean Rouch
Cast: Damouré Zika, Lam Ibrahim Dia, Tallou Mouzourane
A film from the category of advertising shorts that multinational companies shot for Africa. It consists of 20 gags associated with the Volkswagen Beetle. As payment, Rouch and his three actors each received a Beetle. In the end, the film was never distributed because the car’s production was halted. (source: Ji.hlava MDFF)