France / Tour / Detour / Two / Children
- 1979 – 1980
- Ended
- Documentary
- ~26m / ep
- 1 season
In this astonishing twelve-part project for and about television — the title of which refers to a 19th-century French primer Le tour de la France par deux enfants — Godard and Miéville take a detour through the everyday lives of two children in contemporary France.
Latest: Season 1 · 1979
View all seasonsE1. Premier mouvement (Obscur/Chimie)
Jan 1, 1979 · 25m
"The series premiered at the Rotterdam Film Festival in January 1979 and then ran for a week at the Action-République movie theater in Paris in April. ... Then, on May 3, they were shown at the Pompidou Center in Paris in a single six-hour session, followed by a public discussion on “seduction, utilization, manipulation of the child.” ... Television broadcast waited until 1980." (Richard Brody)
E2. Deuxième mouvement (Lumière/Physique)
Apr 4, 1980 · 26m
E3. Troisième mouvement (Connu/Géométrie/Géographie)
Apr 4, 1980 · 27m
E4. Quatrième mouvement (Inconnu/Technique)
Apr 11, 1980 · 23m
E5. Cinquième mouvement (Impression/Dictée)
Apr 11, 1980 · 24m
E6. Sixième mouvement
Apr 11, 1980 · 24m
+6 more episodes — open all seasons to browse every episode.
