High School Students Have a Say

director: Pierre Zaidline

original title: Les lycéens ont la parole

country: France

year: 1968

running time: 8 min.

synopsis

A completely unique portrait of the 16-year-old student Romain Goupil by Marguerite Duras. Here, the future famous director is a political activist during a strike and insists on the lack of freedom of speech, talking about the movement of high school students, about politics and the revolution that must be made, and about the repression in various high schools. Duras interestingly alternates authentic footage with interview.

biography

Pierre Zaidline. He was an assistant director on Alain-Robbe Grillet's The Man Who Lies (1968). His name appears on television productions such as the television show Dim Dam Dom.

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director:

Pierre Zaidline

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