Isabelle aux Dombes
(1951)
Pialat's first film was the 8-minute short Isabelle aux Dombes, shot in 1951 when the director was 26 years old. The film is an entirely silent montage of documentary footage, ragged experimental techniques — mainly some negative-image inserts — and symbolic psychodrama that's surprisingly not too different from the work that Stan Brakhage would begin making just a year or two later. Images of death proliferate throughout the film, and what started as a loose documentary soon becomes an eerie psuedo-horror piece that's obsessed with death and decay. (FilmAffinity) Isabelle aux Dombes featuring Paulette Malan is not currently available to stream, rent, or buy but you can add it to your want to see list for updates. It's a documentary and drama movie with an average IMDb audience rating of 6.0 (96 votes).
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