Potemkine is a two years old independant DVD shop near Place de la République in Paris. The DVD offer mixes every picture forms in movement and invite to revisit the history of the cinema by crossing genres.
Since September 2007, Potemkine edits DVD. “Our leading line consists in finding our masterpiece, adding explanations, analyses, shorts films, packing it with love to share it with people.”
Site :
http://www.potemkine.fr
Adresse/contact :
POTEMKINE
30 rue Beaurepaire
75010
Paris
France
+33 (0)1 40 33 180 185
info@potemkine.fr
BARRY PURVES, HIS INTIMATE LIVES
Barry Purves
United Kingdom, 1989-1998
animation shorts
5 films :
- RIGOLETTO, 1995, 30min
- NEXT , 1989, 5min
- SCREEN PLAY, 1993 , 11min
- ACHILLES, 1996, 11min
- GILBERT & SULLIVAN, THE VERY MODELS, 1998, 16min
REQUIEM POUR UN MASSACRE
Idi i Smotri
Elem Klimov
Russia, 1985
Drama
A boy is unwillingly thrust into the atrocities of war in WWII Byelorussia, fighting for a hopelessly unequipped resistance movement against the ruthless German forces. Witnessing scenes of abject terror and accidentally surviving horrifying situations he loses his innocence and then his mind.
Suppléments :
Three interviews : director (20’), main actor (13’) et du décorateur (8’), archives of the second world war in Beliorussia (9+11’), photos filmography of the actors.
MERE & FILS
Mat’I Syn
Alexandre Sokourov
Russia, 1997
drama
A slow and poignant story of love and patience told via a dying mother nursed by her devoted son. The simple narrative is a thread woven among the deeply spiritual images of the countryside and cottage.
Suppléments :
Interview with Alexandre Sokourov