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Cinéastes de notre temps: Jean Vigo

L’Atalante • 1h 38m

Directed by Jacques Rozier, this episode of the French television program “Cinéastes de notre temps,” which first aired on October 15, 1964, covers the brief but explosive career of filmmaker Jean Vigo.

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