Agnès Jaoui, the quest for harmony

Cinema lecture.

Actress, singer, author, screenwriter, director, opera director… Agnès Jaoui is a complete artist. And her work spans disciplines without ever losing the thread. What unites all her work is her obsession with accuracy, rhythm, and harmony. And an art of dialogue, forged with Jean-Pierre Bacri, that has left its mark on French cinema.

How does she construct a film from the actors' performances? Why does the choral ensemble structure appear so often in her works? What, at its core, is the art of the "Jabac" duo? Juliette Goffart, a teacher and film critic from Montrouge, offers her answers. While leaving you wanting to watch all her work all over again.

Agnès Jaoui in ten films: Cuisines et dépendances by Philippe Muyl (1993), Un air de famille by Cédric Klapisch (1996), On connait la chanson by Alain Resnais (1997), Le goût des autres by Agnès Jaoui (2000), Comme une image by Agnès Jaoui (2004), Le rôle de sa vie by François Favrat (2004), Parlez-moi de la pluie by Agnès Jaoui (2008), Comme un avion by Bruno Podalydès (2015), La vie de ma mère by Julien Carpentier (2024), L’Objet du délit by Agnès Jaoui (2026)

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