Word: depardicu
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...opening scene is a magnificently long take of Marais drifting in and out of some hypnogogic state while giving a lesson in the court of Versailles. Depardicu, looking teary and weary, summons a deep brooding energy which seems to be the result of all his regrets. Unsatisfied by his students, he asks the shutters to be closed so that he can be surrounded by darkness. He's prompted to be introspective and then proceeds into the story of Sainte Colombe. Plot sequences flow effortlessly like Sainte Colombe's playing...
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