The read
It runs a compact 21m.
Synopsis
A documentary about the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. It presents the building, with its processes of cataloguing and preserving all sorts of printed material, as both a monument of cultural memory and as a monstrous, alien being.
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
50 audience votes
Key crew
- Alain ResnaisDirector
- Maurice JarreOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jacques DumesnilSelf / Narrator (voice)
- Agnès VardaCast
Stills
Themes
library