De son appartement

In the solitude of his apartment, Rousseau reads shorts excerpts from Racine's Bérénice, images of separation; he films in a café, musicians in the street, a dance, domestic intimacy, in a self-portrait that reflects the contradiction between desires and time. "For a long time I have wanted to try and see if I could create a drama with the simplicity of action which the Ancients so favoured. There are those who believe that this very simplicity is a sign of a lack of inventiveness. They do not consider that, on the contrary, all invention is to create something out of nothing." (Racine, preface to Bérénice, 1670.)

Grosses

France
$1,771,442
Domestic ()
Summary Details
DistributorMars Distribution
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Release DateDec 27, 2006
Running Time1 hr 10 min
GenresDocumentary
In Release370 days/52 weeks
Widest Release200 theaters
DateRankWeekly %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeek
Dec 27-Jan 2, 200714$985,965-200-$4,929$985,9651
Jan 3-915$575,206-41.7%199-1$2,890$1,561,1712
Jan 10-1617$210,271-63.4%151-48$1,392$1,771,4423