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TREIZE JOURN�ES DANS LA VIE DE PABLO PICASSO   Films for Television
France
1999 / Video / Color-B&W; / 175 min.

Every day of his life, Picasso drew, modeled, painted or created prints. His work is like an immense private diary in which personal and public history blend together: two world wars, the Spanish civil war, women, friends, studios, the Mediterranean, the circus, the bullring, the joy of living, the moments of despair, the love of painting... A history divided into three periods: from young Barcelona prodigy to the inventor of cubism; from the Ballets Russes to the Occupation, then to the Liberation of France; from the militant artist to the triumph of the myth and the solitary death of a genius. A multi-faceted portrait of the artist, warts and all, a contradictory life, at once terrible and magnificent. The main course: nearly three hours of a wondrous documentary recounting 92 very full years in a remarkable century... Nary a flaw in this collection which greatly benefits from the presence of Pierre Daix, one of the greatest experts on Picasso. -- Harry Bellet (Le Monde)
Script:  Pierre-Andr� Boutang, Pierre Daix.    Phot.:  Pierre Philippe.    Ed.:  Annabelle Le D�uff, Ga�tan Le Martelot.    Mus.:  Antoine Duhamel.    Prod.:  Brigitte Lecuyer,Sodaperaga, 5, rue du Coq H�ron, 75001 Paris (France), t�l.: (33-01) 40 28 07 11, fax: (33-01) 45 08 12 69 / La Sept ARTE, 8, avenue Marceau, 92785 Issy-les-Moulineaux (France), t�l.: (33-01) 41 46 54 12, fax: (33-01) 41 46 54 81.    Sales:  La Sept ARTE, 8, avenue Marceau, 92785 Issy-les-Moulineaux (France), t�l.: (33-01) 41 46 54 12, fax: (33-01) 41 46 54 81.   
Pierre Philippe
Born in Paris in 1931, Pierre Philippe worked as a press attach� at the Journ�es du Cin�ma from 1956 to 1967 while organizing the Tours (short films) and Annecy (animation) festivals. He worked as a film journalist from 1957 to 1970, primarily for Cin�ma magazine. He directed numerous television programs, wrote screenplays, worked for the Gaumont Cin�math�que -- for which he restored Feuillade's FANTOMAS -- and produced and directed theatre and opera. He is the author of a novel, La passion selon Peter (1987). His filmography includes: La Bonne Dame (1968), La Photographie dans le boudoir (1968), MIDI-MINUIT (1969), Angkor, la gloire et l'oubli (1984), Mille et une marguerites (1986), Bordeaux, le cin�ma pour m�moire (1987), Notre si�cle (TV series, 1998-1991), Le Roman du Music-Hall (1992) and Les Enfants de Lumi�re (1995).