Robert Guédiguian.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Table of Contents -- Plates -- Series editors' foreword -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Living with friends -- L'Estaque, political commitment and the Common Programme -- The adventure of friendship -- Figures and counter-figures: living with friends in the 'Age of Economics' -- References -- 2 Fragile friendships: Films of the 1980s -- Dernier été (1981) -- Rouge midi (1983) -- Ki lo sa? (1985) -- Dieu vomit les tièdes (1989) -- References -- 3 Crossing every barrier: The decade of the conte de L'Estaque -- L'Argent fait le bonheur (1992) -- À la vie, à la mort! (1995) -- A film finds its moment -- Marius et Jeannette (1997) -- À la place du cœur (1998) -- À l'attaque (2000) -- References -- 4 Themes and variation: Films since 2000 -- Dystopia/Utopia: the family as philia -- La Ville est tranquille (2001) -- Marie-Jo et ses deux amours (2002) -- Mon père est ingénieur (2004) -- National identity: solitude, communism, friendship as resistance -- Le Promeneur du Champ de Mars (2005) -- Voyage en Arménie (2006) -- L'Armée du crime (2009) -- Masks and alienations -- Lady Jane (2008) -- Les Neiges du Kilimandjaro (2011) -- Au fil d'Ariane (2014) -- References -- 5 Conclusion: Another cinema - a project in time -- References -- Filmography -- Select bibliography -- Books on Robert Guédiguian -- Book chapters and journal articles -- Index -- Cover.

Considers Guédiguian's career, both as a filmmaker and producer, as a valid response to a crisis in post-Communist Leftist political movements in France.

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