A Letter to Freddy Buache (1983)

Name: A Letter to Freddy Buache
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1983-06-24

11m

Running Time

Plot.

This short film is Godard’s message to the people of Lausanne, specifically journalist and critic Freddy Buache, addressing his reasons why he will not make a film about their town’s 500th anniversary. Rather than cynical or defensive, Godard's bemused narration of the footage of Lausanne is imaginative and even playful, a rumination on cinema's possibilities.

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Cast & Crew.

Jean-Luc Godard

Self (uncredited) / Writer / Director / Editor

Freddy Buache

Self - Subject

Jean-Bernard Menoud

Director of Photography

François Musy

Sound

Robert Flaherty

In Memory Of

Ernst Lubitsch

In Memory Of

Media.

Details.

Release Date
June 24, 1983

Original Name
Lettre à Freddy Buache

Status
Released

Running Time
11m

Genres
Documentary

Last updated: 2025-02-09

Wiki.

A Letter to Freddy Buache (French: Lettre à Freddy Buache) is a 1982 French short documentary film directed by Jean-Luc Godard and addressed to the Swiss film critic Freddy Buache. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival.