MOVIE · 1991
Jacquot of Nantes
ComedyDrama118 min
In 1930s and 1940s Nantes, Jacquot Demy grows up as the son of a garage owner and a hairdresser, and an early obsession with movies turns into a determination to make them himself. Philippe Maron and Edouard Joubeaud are among the performers carrying Jacquot from childhood into his teen years, while the film stays close to the routines of home, school, and work that shape his imagination. Family life, neighborhood detail, and the lure of the movie camera sit alongside the first signs of the filmmaker he wants to become.
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