Journal de France

The Work of Renowned Photographer Raymond Depardon

Traveling alone, internationally acclaimed photographer and filmmaker Raymond Depardon spent six years capturing his home country with a large format camera. This long, solitary road trip provided fertile ground for the creation - with his long-time partner and collaborator Claudine Nougaret - of an extraordinary travel journal.

The journey returned Depardon to important places from his past as a reporter - Chad, Venice, Cannes - and to a wealth of previously unseen footage from his archive - an interview with Jean-Bedel Bokassa, footage of Jean Luc Godard, and extraordinary glimpses of private and public life.

Intimate, compelling and revelatory, JOURNAL DE FRANCE offers a unique portrait of a country and its landscapes, and overview of a truly remarkable career, and a fascinating resume of the art of photography over the past half century.

Nominated for Best Documentary Film at the Cesar Awards.

"A fascinating introduction to one of France's major filmmakers." - Trevor Johnson, Time Out