MALRAUX TU M'étonnes ! (2000)

The travels of Malraux, his encounters, his love affairs, his convictions on art and politics. Birth and accomplishment of a mythomaniac writer.

Thirty years after George qui ?, Michèle Rosier goes back to historical literary fiction with her biography of André Malraux (1901-1976). Made on the hundredth anniversary of his birth, Malraux tu m’étonnes ! (2000) is and audacious and rigorous portrait of the French writer and politician. Composed as a picture book and accompanied by an omnipresent voice-over, the film was deemed minimalist and too long (3 hours) by the critics. This fifth feature film, a true woman’s work according to le Figaro, vacillates between excessive pedagogy and kitsch.

Pays de production France

Sortie en France 21 novembre 2001

Procédé image 35 mm - Couleur

Durée 180 mn

Réalisatrice – Scénariste Michèle Rosier

Assistant réalisateur Patrick Roques

Directeur de la photographie Emmanuel Machuel

Ingénieur du son Jean-Claude Brisson

Compositeur de la musique originale Yves Cerf

Société de production Go-Films

Philippe Clévenot (Malraux - la maturité) Jérôme Robart (Malraux - la jeunesse) Isabelle Ronayette (Clara Malraux) Vanessa Larré (Josette Clotis) Marion Beulque (Madeleine Malraux) Françoise Lebrun (Yvonne de Gaulle) Bérangère Bonvoisin (Bérénice) Denis Podalydès (Titus) Bernard Waver (André Gide) Christophe Kourotchkine (Paul Monin)