A really beautiful book on cinema. The portrayal of a man and his work through critical interpretation and warmly attentive, detailed analysis… Michel Boujut, Les Nouvelles littéraires J.P. Berthomé has succeeded in finding the right distance and unassuming intimacy to talk about the Nantes director. He was often with him and, especially for his last films, accompanied him throughout the creative process. Without doubt it is this awareness of the many problems that a filmmaker can encounter in making a film that has encouraged him to spend time describing the conditions in which each of Jacques Demy’s films came into being. Yannick Mouren, Contre Bande Les Racines...