Venise n’existe pas
“Should he lean outside of the window, shoud he move and risk to fall or let the camera fal, should he lean until he fell, he would see, one would see, beyond the frame, inhabited islands, churches and palaces where boats land.
Born in Paris, Jean-Claude Rousseau lived in New York in the 1970s. where he discovered avant-garde cinema as well as the films of Ozu. In 1980, he finished writing the script for Le Concert champêtre and made his first films. After Les Antiquités de Rome, La Vallée close is his second feature-length film. This was screened at the Locarno film festival and then awarded the Grand Prix for documentary at Belfort festival in 1999. In 2001, the Venice Mostra paid tribute to him, followed by a retrospective at the Jeon Ju festival. De son appartement was awarded the International Competition Grand Prix at the 2007 FidMarseille. That same year, the Villa Medicis welcomed him in Rome for a full screening of all his films.
Jean-Claude Rousseau
Capricci Films