Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure

Dec 25, 2018

0h 52m

★ 9.0

Overview

This documentary recounts the life of the late composer Michel Legrand, known for his works on Les Parapluies de Cherbourg or Les Demoiselles De Rochefort with the famous director Jacques Demy.

Genres

Music

Documentary

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Cast

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Michel Legrand

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Damien Chazelle

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Bertrand Tavernier

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Xavier Beauvois

Self (archive footage)

Jacques Demy

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Jean-Luc Godard

Self (archive footage)

Agnès Varda

Self (archive footage)

François Reichenbach

Self (archive footage)

Dizzy Gillespie

Self (archive footage)

Sarah Vaughan

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Maurice Chevalier

Self (archive footage)

Nadia Boulanger

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