Louis-Ferdinand Céline (film)
Louis-Ferdinand Céline, sometimes with the subititle Two Clowns for a Catastrophe (French: Deux clowns pour une catastrophe), is a 2016 French drama film directed by Emmanuel Bourdieu, starring Denis Lavant, Géraldine Pailhas and Philip Desmeules. It is set in Denmark in 1948 and is about the French writer Louis-Ferdinand Céline, who was in exile with his wife and cat while accused of collaboration during the German occupation of France.[1][2][3][4]
The film is based on the book The Crippled Giant by the American Jewish scholar Milton Hindus, who admired Céline's writings, met him in Denmark in 1948 and described him as a wreck. The film raised discussions about Céline's legacy in France.[5]
Cast
Céline around 1944 and Lavant in 2013
- Denis Lavant as Louis-Ferdinand Céline
- Géraldine Pailhas as Lucette
- Philip Desmeules as Milton Hindus
References
- ^ "" Louis-Ferdinand Céline " : une farce triste". Le Monde. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- ^ "Emmanuel Bourdieu a-t-il réussi son film sur Céline ?". Le Figaro. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- ^ "Louis-Ferdinand Céline - Film d'Emmanuel Bourdieu (Fr/Bel, 2016)". Télérama. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- ^ ""Louis-Ferdinand Céline - Deux clowns pour une catastrophe" : Voyage au bout de la folie". La Libre. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- ^ Willsher, Kim (13 March 2016). "Céline: French literary genius or repellent antisemite? New film rekindles an old conflict". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 August 2022.