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Elsa la rose is a 1965 short documentary film by Agnès Varda about the love between Elsa Triolet and Louis Aragon.[1]

Elsa la rose
Directed by	Agnès Varda
Written by	Agnès Varda
Starring	Louis Aragon Elsa Triolet Michel Piccoli
Cinematography	Willy Kurant William Lubtchansky
Music by	Simonovitch Ferrat Moussorgsky Gershwin Handy
Production company	Pathé film
Distributed by	Ciné-Tamaris
Release date	October 23, 1966 (1966-10-23) (France)
Running time	16 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Summary

The documentary films the two writers, telling their story and their memories, from Elsa Triolet's youth to when she met with Louis Aragon,[2] whilst an voice (Michel Piccoli) reads Aragon's poems about Elsa.[3]

Cast

• Elsa Triolet as herself
• Louis Aragon as himself
• Michel Piccoli as the voice-over

Development

The film was shot in Elsa and Louis' home in Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines and in the Bar du dôme at Montparnasse during June 1965.[4]

Release

The film is shot during the year 1965, but was only first seen on television on 23 Octobre 1966 during a show called “Dim Dam Dom” on ORTF second channel.[4]

References

External links

• Official website
• Elsa la rose at IMDb
• Elsa la rose on Vimeo

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