CinemaOSMovie · 2019 · 0h 52m

Renoir and the Girl with a Blue Ribbon

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This documentary follows three parallel stories. First, that of the masterpiece, The Little Girl with the Blue Ribbon, this melancholic Renoir work with the "musical face" described by Henri Michaux. The painting was constantly tossed around, shelved by its patrons, looted by the Nazis, found by the Monument Men, recovered by the family, sold to a controversial collector, before finally arriving at the Kunsthaus Zurich. We also discover the painter's biography, and the eventful life of his model, Irene Cahen d'Anvers. Born into the Jewish upper middle class, this free and divorced woman long disowned the painting and left it to her daughter, who was murdered at Auschwitz. Discover the tumultuous journey of this painting, its model, Irene Cahen d'Anvers, and its connection to the dark hours of the Nazi regime.

Directed byNicolas Lévy-Beff

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 52m
Language
FR
Released
January 1, 2019
Studios
France Télévisions

Featuring

Cast & crew

2 credited
Starring
Éric Caravaca

Éric Caravaca

narrator

Pierre Assouline

Pierre Assouline

Creative team
Directed by
Nicolas Lévy-Beff
Written by
Nicolas Lévy-Beff

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