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"A meditation on love, life, death and the human voice."

Nov 7 1996 N/A 2h 10m
Documentary, Musical

German director Werner Schroeter invited his favourite opera singers to a 13th century abbey near Paris. There was no pre-planned action. There was no script, no continuity. On the other hand, there were precise constraints that provided the rules of the game: the setting, the Abbey of Royaumont, and the chosen participants. Each singer came accompanied by a person of his or her choice, and worked on an aria chosen by the director.

Plot

German director Werner Schroeter invited his favourite opera singers to a 13th century abbey near Paris. LOVES DEBRIS didnt have, and couldn't have had, any pre-planned action. There was no script, no continuity. On the other hand, there were precise constraints that provided the rules of the game: the setting, the Abbey of Royaumont, and the chosen participants. Each singer came accompanied by a person of his or her choice, and worked on an aria chosen by the director. And there was ELISABETH COOPER, a "one-woman orchestra", who transposed and played the scores on the piano and organ.

Written by

Werner Schroeter, Claire Alby

Directed by

Werner Schroeter

Cast

Anita Cerquetti, Martha Mödl, Rita Gorr

Crew

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Production Companies

France Supervison, MC4, Imalyre, WDR, Black Forest Films, Fondation France Telecom, La Sept-Arte, Schlemmer Film, VTCOM France Telecom

Languages

English, Français, Italiano, Deutsch

Awards

1 win

Scores
# of Votes
92
Average Rating
7.6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA