Marguerite Duras in the Lions' Den

Original title: Marguerite Duras chez les fauves

• 1966
• •
• 18m

• Documentary

★ 7.0 TMDB Rating · 1 votes

Duras, ever the challenging interviewer, forensically questions a Parisian zookeeper regarding the happiness of the animals in his charge. Intercut with her questions is stark black-and-white footage of the animals themselves behind bars, as they pace the length of their small concrete enclosures. Duras is very much on the side of the big cats. “Are you ever careless?” she asks the zookeeper. When he replies in the negative, Duras says smilingly: “In your position I’d be tempted to be careless”.

Director

Paul Seban

Release date

Feb 25, 1966

Original language

French

Origin

France