CLOSE ENCOUNTERS WITH VILMOS ZSIGMOND

By Pierre FILMON

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Documentary - Completed 2016


Festivals
& Awards

Festival de Cannes 2016
Cannes Classics
    • Year of production
    • 2016
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • FRANCE
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH, FRENCH, ITALIAN
    • Duration
    • 80 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Pierre FILMON
    • Writer(s)
    • Pierre FILMON
    • Synopsis
    • CLOSE ENCOUNTERS WITH VILMOS ZSIGMOND is the result of a special encounter. The last of the Mohicans, a legendary american cinematographer, Vilmos Zsigmond, 85 years old meeting Pierre Filmon, a young french director. Pierre wanted Vilmos to shoot his first feature film : a beginner asking a veteran to stand behind his camera. After many encounters another movie took place : a movie in which the cameraman stood in front of the frame. A documentary about a cinematographer, shot in Paris, in California and his homeland Hungary, about his life and works, starring his friends (directors, actors and cinematographers).