Louis Birman

Celebrating movie theaters’ magic, a film enthusiast follows the footsteps of Paul Dédalus. Memories, fiction, and discoveries intertwine in a torrential flow of cinematic imagery.Read More »

It is in childhood that we find Paul Dédalus, who, as a simple spectator, will discover what will change his life: the seventh art. The passion of a cinephile will soon give way to the aspirations of a filmmaker. Desplechin revisits his character, Paul Dédalus, and his favorite actor, Mathieu Amalric, whom he portrays in childhood after exploring two other periods of his life in Comment je me suis disputé… (ma vie sexuelle) and Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse. Thus, he concludes his own trilogy by returning to the source. It is a story about the importance of culture in early childhood, which shapes us, and about vocation.Read More »