Que la lumière soit (1998) Directed by Arthur Joffé
Comedy / Fantasy
aka: Let There Be Light
Film Synopsis
Dissatisfied with the way things are going on Earth, God decides it is
high time He sent a message to humankind. God likes to move with
the times, so this time He chooses to speak to man through the medium
of cinema. With that in mind, He scours the planet Earth for a
suitable filmmaker. Finally, in Paris, God finds a suitable
candidate for the job, an aspiring young film director named
Jeanne. Alas, she has no money to realise the project, so she has
no option but to ask the Devil to help her out...
Continental Films, quality cinema under the Nazi Occupation
At the time of the Nazi Occupation of France during WWII, the German-run company Continental produced some of the finest films made in France in the 1940s.
Science-fiction came into its own in B-movies of the 1950s, but it remains a respected and popular genre, bursting into the mainstream in the late 1970s.
In the 1910s, French cinema led the way with a new industry which actively encouraged innovation. From the serials of Louis Feuillade to the first auteur pieces of Abel Gance, this decade is rich in cinematic marvels.