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'Jacques le fataliste et son maître', Diderot's famous book, once again serves as the basis for a film. Burki did not choose normal methods for this. To some extent in agreement with the trail blazing character of this amusing novel, that couples many romantic entanglements with an acute explanation of the rational philosophy of the Encyclopedists, Burki makes a sharp distinction between the various constituent parts of a work of art. Here, she splits off the content aspect from every attempt at a dramatic representation. Two actors in their own rags stand on an empty stage as if they are literally making up the dialogue on the spot. Their cosy chatter is constantly interrupted by a shot of a drive along a tortuous class C road. The world which Diderot so enthusiastically wanted to influence with his ideas, penetrates completely unmoved into the text of Burki's version. Life simply unfolds; the couple of anecdotic tales which are shown, are completely self-contained.
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Erik Daams
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Camera: Mitja Tušek, Marie-José Burki,
Light: Ludovic Buter, Bertrand Keller, Denis Roulet,
Editing: Marie-José Burki, Laurent Desplants,
Sound: Laurent Desplands,
Voice: Geneviève Pasquier, Raoul Pastor,
Music: Gustav Mahler, Rolling Stones, Padre Soler,
With: Jacques Michel, Jacques Roman, Geneviève Pasquier,
Production: Marie José Burki, MJC de Genève Saint-Gervais/André Iten
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