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  • La passion des automates (2012)
  • Short | 29 min | Documentary, Short
La passion des automates (2012)
Short | 29 min | Documentary, Short
It is night... The moon is shining... Strange music is heard from a house far away in the countryside. Inside the house, Francis DITER is restoring a "mechanical eye", accompanied by a strange orchestra of automata. After having managed to...See moreIt is night... The moon is shining... Strange music is heard from a house far away in the countryside. Inside the house, Francis DITER is restoring a "mechanical eye", accompanied by a strange orchestra of automata. After having managed to silence "his children", Francis shares his passion for automata: an opportunity to discover a magical world where, throughout history, people have developed an incredible ingenuity to create creatures that resemble themselves. It will be an opportunity to explain how automata work, show the most beautiful objects in Francis DITER's collection and tell us about the feeling you can experience in an auction room when you really want to buy an automata. This documentary is a tribute to Francis DITER, who passed away on August 12, 2025 and was a member and board member of the A.A.I.M.M (Association des Amis des Instruments et de la Musique Mécanique). Written by AAIMM See less
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Director
Philippe Sayous
Writer
Philippe Sayous (screenplay)
Producer
Philippe Sayous (producer)
Cinematographer
Jean-Luc Muller
Editor
Michel Trémouille
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2012 (France)

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