Three Exercises of Interpretation – feature film

We present the feature film “Three Exercises of Interpretation” signed by Cristi Puiu.

Directed by: Cristi Puiu
Script by: Cristi Puiu
Cast: Ugo Broussot, Diana Sakalauskaite, Ludivine Anbérrée, Marion Bottollier, Anne-Marie Charles
Producer: Chantiers Nomades (Franța)
Year: 2013
Category: feature film
Genre: fiction
Duration: 157 minutes

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PLOT SUMMARY

The “Three Exercises of Interpretation” vary around several ideas and situations of dialogue from the book published in 1900 by the Russian Christian philosopher Vladimir Soloviov.

More details:

“Three Exercises of Interpretation” is the result of a workshop by director Cristi Puiu, hosted by the Chantiers Nomades studio. The actors’ “exercises” develop into a minimalistic trilogy on cinema and literature, social and spiritual life, acting in film and in real life.

What critics say:

Invited to conduct an actors’ workshop in Toulouse, Romanian helmer Cristi Puiu (“The Death of Mr. Lazarescu”) opted to put his fledgling Gallic thesps through their paces in a 157-minute cinematic triptych, “Three Exercises of Interpretation.” Though based on arcane 19th-century “conversations” about the gospels, morality and the Antichrist, the film paradoxically achieves remarkable levels of naturalness: The pre-existent text frees Puiu to explore, through compelling shifts in composition, various subtexts implied by the actors’ delivery, their occasional awkward silences and surrounding chitchat. Not initially intended for public viewing, “Interpretation” is a brilliant, albeit supremely uncommercial, fest entry. (Ronnie Scheib – variety.com)

Festivals

• Rotterdam Film Festival 2013