Screening presented by Bernard Eisenschitz and followed by a signing of his book Vigo dans son temps (les Editions de l'Oeil, 2026), at the Studio de la Fondation.
About Nice, Jean Vigo's first film, is accompanied by short films by two filmmakers he admired, screened in 1930 at his Nice film club: Germaine Dulac, a generous adviser and correspondent; and Jean Painlevé, partner in pranks and director of scientific or fantastic films - or both. The first film, Hyas et Sténorinques, was given a soundtrack in 1931 with music by Chopin orchestrated by Maurice Jaubert. The other films are accompanied on piano.
This film is a presentation of these small crustaceans, whose particularity is to cover themselves, at will, with plant or animal colonies.
Wonders of Jean Painlevé with these small sand urchins whose cilia move in an undulating motion and whose organs shake off in the flow of the tides.