Cinema

Directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa, 1926
Original title : Kurutta Ippêji (Japan)
Silent, black and white film - 60 mn - 16 mm
Musical creation by Satoru Wono

With the kind permission of Mrs Hiroko Govaers

A treasure of silent Japanese cinema, directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa in 1926 and co-written by Yasunari Kawabata, Une Page Folle takes a great deal of its inspiration from German expressionism and is an oneiric odyssey into the realms of madness: we follow an abandoned woman, who is shut up in a psychiatric asylum after drowning her child. Cinematographic timelessness and stylistic confrontation, the soundtrack will be completely reworked by a contemporary composer, the eclectic Satoru Wono.

A talented and prolific director, Teinosuke Kinugasa (1895-1982) directed over a hundred films. In the Twenties, his experimentation imbued Japanese films with the sophistication that allowed him to rival European film-making. One of the most famous is The Gate to Hell (Jigoku No Mon) that won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Festival in 1954. Thought to be lost for several years, a copy of the film miraculously came to life in 1971.