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Wigwam (Shining Ray) The Bridge Breakers Rain We Are Building Philips Radio Creosote Komsomol (Song of Heroes) New Earth Borinage The Spanish Earth The 400 Million Power and the Land Indonesia Calling The First Years Song of the Rivers The Seine Meets Paris Before Spring Italy Is Not a Poor Country Travel Notebook A Valparaiso The Mistral Pour le Mistral Far from Vietnam The 17th Parallel How Yukong Moved the Mountains A Tale of the Wind Magnitogorsk, Forging the New Man		The Seine Meets Paris La Seine a rencontre Paris 1957 / France / sound / B&W / 32 min / 35mm Director: Joris Ivens Script: Joris Ivens, from an idea by Georges Sadoul Camera: André Demaître, Philipe Brun Editor: Gisele Chézeau Music: Philippe Gérard Commentary: written by Jacques Prévert, spoken by Serge Reggiani Producer: Roger Pigaut Production company: Garance Film, Paris The first film Ivens made upon his return from Eastern Europe is a filmed poem about Paris and Parisian life on the banks of the Seine. The film follows the flow of the river through the city of Paris, making a portrait of this city and its people as they live, stroll, sun-bathe, fish, work, swim, love, and laugh beside the Seine. The poem, written by Jacques PrŽvert, gives the film an extra dimension, and the music, with its recurring theme of a child's song, gives it a melancholic touch. A TOPICS A Bird's Eye View of a Documentary Career HELEN VAN DONGEN Kees Bakker beforenext COPYRIGHT:Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival Organizing Committee