France / Tour / Detour / Two / Children

Synopsis

In this astonishing twelve-part project for and about television — the title of which refers to a 19th-century French primer Le tour de la France par deux enfants — Godard and Miéville take a detour through the everyday lives of two children in contemporary France.

First Air Date: 1979-01-01

Last Air Date: 1980-05-02

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 12

Created By: Jean-Luc Godard, Anne-Marie Miéville

Networks: Antenne 2

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Top Cast

Camille Virolleaud as Camille, the Little Girl
Arnaud Martin as Arnaud, the Little Boy
Betty Berr as Betty, the Presenter
Albert Dray as Albert, the Presenter
Evane Hanska as The Lunch Lady
Jean-Luc Godard as Robert Linard (uncredited)

Seasons

Season 1 (1979)

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Episodes:

Ep. 1: Premier mouvement (Obscur/Chimie) (1979-01-01)

"The series premiered at the Rotterdam Film Festival in January 1979 and then ran for a week at the Action-République movie theater in Paris in April. ... Then, on May 3, they were shown at the Pompidou Center in Paris in a single six-hour session, followed by a public discussion on “seduction, utilization, manipulation of the child.” ... Television broadcast waited until 1980." (Richard Brody)
Ep. 2: Deuxième mouvement (Lumière/Physique) (1980-04-04)

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Ep. 3: Troisième mouvement (Connu/Géométrie/Géographie) (1980-04-04)

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Ep. 4: Quatrième mouvement (Inconnu/Technique) (1980-04-11)

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Ep. 5: Cinquième mouvement (Impression/Dictée) (1980-04-11)

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Ep. 6: Sixième mouvement (1980-04-11)

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Ep. 7: Septième mouvement (Violence/Grammaire) (1980-04-25)

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Ep. 8: Huitième mouvement (Désordre/Calcul) (1980-04-25)

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Ep. 9: Neuvième mouvement (Pouvoir/Musique) (1980-04-25)

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Ep. 10: Dixième mouvement (Roman/Économie) (1980-05-02)

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Ep. 11: Onzième mouvement (Réalité/Logique) (1980-05-02)

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Ep. 12: Douzième mouvement (Rêve/Morale) (1980-05-02)

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