Yves Montand -The Lonliness Of The Long Distance Singer

Record ID: 122763
  • Title: Yves Montand -The Lonliness Of The Long Distance Singer
  • Date: 21st December 1991
  • Summary: AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT OF THE GREAT FRENCH SINGER AND ACTOR, YVES MONTAND, WHO DIED LAST MONTH. IN 1974, IN RESPONSE TO THE OVERTHROW OF PRESIDENT SALVADOR ALLENDE OF CHILE, MONTAND PUT TOGETHER HIS ONE-MAN SONG SHOW FOR A SPECIAL APPEARANCE AT THE OLYMPIA MUSIC-HALL IN PARIS. FRENCH FILM-MAKER CHRIS MARKER, A CLOSE FRIEND, FILMED MONTAND OVER THE WEEK OF INCREASINGLY TENSE REHEARSALS AND TRIUMPHANT PERFORMANCE. THIS REVEALING FILM SHOWS THE FIERY TEMPERAMENT, PASSIONATE COMMITMENT AND SEDUCTIVE SKILLS OF A STAR WHO WAS ALSO A HERO.
  • Description:A TRIBUTE TO THE GREAT FRENCH ACTING LEGEND INTRODUCED BY JANE BIRKIN OR CHARLOTTE RAMPLING.
  • Broadcaster:Channel 4
  • Collection: Channel 4
  • Genre:Documentary and Factual
  • Producer:MICHAEL KUSTOW PRODUCTIONS LTD
  • Programme Episode:Episode 1
  • Transmission Date:21/12/1991
  • Rights:On Request
  • Decade: 1990s
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