Opera meets obsession: a 1978 fever dream where love is literally mythic.
In a montage alternating with moments of Nigel Rogers' interpretation of the most beautiful passages from "Orpheus," the opera by Striggio and Monteverdi, La Nuit Claire is an evocation of the celebrated myth, within which images of the love between its two modern protagonists, Anne and Julien, are inscribed. - BAM/PFA
Direction
Hanoun's montage bridges 400 years of Orphic longing.
Sound
Monteverdi's opera isn't score — it's structural spine.
Director
Marcel Hanoun
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hanoun was a cornerstone of French experimental cinema; this remains his most accessible work, which says everything.
The 1607 Monteverdi opera was itself revolutionary — Hanoun mirrors that radical spirit by refusing narrative clarity.
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