''Bartleby en coulisses'' (French for "Bartleby behind the scenes") is a

documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in te ...

shot in 2009 by the

filmmaker Filmmaking (film production) is the process by which a motion picture is produced. Filmmaking involves a number of complex and discrete stages, starting with an initial story, idea, or commission. It then continues through screenwriting, castin ...

Jérémie Carboni Jérémie Carboni (born 28 December 1980) is a French film producer, director, advisor and entrepreneur.http://www.efthia.net Family and education From his paternal grandmother's side, he is the descendant of the aristocratic and upper-class ...

Production

At the beginning of 2007, French filmmaker

followed French writer

Daniel Pennac Daniel Pennac (real name Daniel Pennacchioni, born 1 December 1944 in Casablanca, Morocco) is a French writer. He received the Prix Renaudot in 2007 for his essay '' Chagrin d'école''. Daniel Pennacchioni is the fourth and last son of a Cors ...

to film during rehearsals for a reading of '' Bartleby, the Scrivener'' in Pépinière Opéra theatre in France.http://zerkalo.fr/zerkalo+production+photos+bartleby.html Photos of rehearsals '' Bartleby, the Scrivener'' is a story by

Herman Melville Herman Melville ( born Melvill; August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are ''Moby-Dick'' (1851); ''Typee'' (1846), a rom ...

. Initially, the footage focused on François Duval's work directing, but after the premiere of the show, Carboni edited the footage into a documentary, adding other interviews.

Cast and crew

Stars

- Himself * François Duval (actor), François Duval - Himself

Director/scriptwriter/editor

References

External links

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Photos of rehearsals with Daniel Pennac
* Documentary films about writers 2009 films 2009 documentary films French documentary films Films shot in Paris Herman Melville Films directed by Jérémie Carboni 2000s French films {{2000s-France-film-stub