Cow-boys sans retour (Les premiers westerns de
l’histoire) – French title
A 2003 French television production [Equidia, Aber Images, MC4, Balthazar (Paris)]
Producer: Hervé Ciret
Director: Hervé Ciret
Screenplay:
Photography: Frédéric Cebron [black & white, color]
Music:
Running time: 52 minutes
Cast:
Narrators – Jacques-Henry Fabre, Myriam D’Arville
With: Joe Hamman (Jean Hamman), Folco De Baroncelli,
Serge Holtz, Pierre Aubanel, Francis Lacassin, Sabine Barnicaud, Remi Venture,
Jean-Jacques Reboul
A documentary on the history of the French westerns, through
excerpts from the oldest westerns, and interviews with the main actors/director
and the testimonies gathered today with those who have known the protagonists
of this epic genre. This documentary proposes to retrace the history of an
unknown period Of French cinema. It also tries to help the viewer understand
why this "western" spirit is still very much anchored in the Camargue
Region of France, almost a century later.
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