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  • Le beau danger (2014)
  • 100 min | Documentary, Biography
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Le beau danger (2014)
100 min | Documentary, Biography

Twenty minutes into his mesmerizing, formally inventive portrait of the legendary Romanian writer Norman Manea-a survivor of the concentration camps as a child who escaped the Ceausescu regime in 1986 and now lives in the U.S.-René Frolke ...See moreTwenty minutes into his mesmerizing, formally inventive portrait of the legendary Romanian writer Norman Manea-a survivor of the concentration camps as a child who escaped the Ceausescu regime in 1986 and now lives in the U.S.-René Frolke does what few cinematic biographers dare to do: put their subjects' texts on screen. The inclusion of a complete story from Manea, which we read piecemeal throughout, is just one of the many playful moves Frolke makes in this collage-like, ceaselessly surprising, and deeply moving film. A study of the day-to-day business of intellectual life (panels, book signings, interviews), Le Beau Danger is also a sensitive meditation on the experience of exile. Written by Art of the Real See less
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Director
Writers
René Frölke (concept) | Norman Manea (texts)
Producers
René Frölke (producer) | Ann Carolin Renninger (producer)
Cinematographer
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Updated Feb 11, 2014

Release date
Apr 22, 2015 (United States)

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