Love’s Debris (1996)

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A meditation on love, life, death and the human voice.

German director Werner Schroeter invited his favourite opera singers to a 13th century abbey near Paris. There was no pre-planned action. There was no script, no continuity. On the other hand, there were precise constraints that provided the rules of the game: the setting, the Abbey of Royaumont, and the chosen participants. Each singer came accompanied by a person of his or her choice, and worked on an aria chosen by the director.

Production

WDR · La Sept-Arte · MC4 · Black Forest Films · Schlemmer Film · Imalyre · VTCOM France Telecom · France Supervison · Fondation France Telecom