Film

The Real Presence

1984 · 59m · Drama

IMDb

7.6

Ruiz on the film: "I began La présence réelle (The Real Presence) first. I. N. A. had commissioned me to produce a personal vision of the Festival d'Avignon. This became a fiction about the theater because if I had filmed the actual performances at Avignon I would have had to respect their staging, I would not be able to change anything. As such, I wouldn't be doing anything more than a retransmission of Antenne 2 or FR3. And since a lot would have to be paid for rights to each play, it would end up costing as much as a fiction feature. So it is a story about the theater, a bit Rivette-ish. I shot all the exteriors in Avignon, the interiors in Paris a few days later and I finish the film next Tuesday."

Franck Oger

Adam Shaft

Nadège Clair

Camila Mora-Scheihing

Catherine Oudin

Louis Castel

Jean-Loup Rivière

Christian Rist

• Raúl RuizDirector

Release date

July 3, 1984

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

59m

Genres

Drama