Ce que mes yeux ont vu (2007) Directed by Laurent de Bartillat
Drama / Thriller
aka: The Vanishing Point
Film Synopsis
Lucie is a young arts student who earns a meagre crust working in a photocopying
shop. As she writes her thesis on the 18th century painter Jean-Antoine
Watteau she becomes convinced that there is a hidden meaning in his paintings.
Just who is the mysterious woman who is seen only from the back in the works
of this great master? Can she possibly be someone of importance in
the painter's life, someone that Watteau's biographers know nothing of?
As she sets about unravelling this mystery, Lucie enlists the help of Vincent,
a man who has been dumb since birth. An unknown facet of Watteau's
life may be about to be unveiled, nearly three hundred years after his death...
In the 1920s French cinema was at its most varied and stylish - witness the achievements of Abel Gance, Marcel L'Herbier, Jean Epstein and Jacques Feyder.
In the 1940s, the shadowy, skewed visual style of 1920s German expressionism was taken up by directors of American thrillers and psychological dramas, creating that distinctive film noir look.