Anne-Marie Miéville, frequent collaborator of Jean-Luc Godard, made this partner piece to Godard's own 'Je vous salue, Marie'. Marie, eleven years old, is experiencing difficult times. Her parents will separate. The perception of her universe is profoundly disturbed. This exacting portrait of a child immersed in her books, music and dancing casts a dispassionate yet touching eye on the girl's reaction to the new upheaval in her life.
Directed by Anne-Marie Miéville
woman director
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.8 / 5
Cast
Bruno Cremer
Father
Aurore Clément
Mother
Rebecca Hampton
Marie
Copi
Man on the Train
Crew
Anne-Marie Miéville
Director
Anne-Marie Miéville
Writer
Anne-Marie Miéville
Editor
Caroline Champetier
Director of Photography
Frédéric Chopin
Music
Gustav Mahler
Music
Ivan Niclass
Production Design
François Musy
Sound
Popular Reviews
2 reviews
Brendon
7.0★ · 08/28/24
Closer to a 3 than a 4.When I watched the trailer for Hail Mary before watching the actual film, I noticed a beautiful shot of a woman, presumably Marie, dancing on a balcony. I waited for that shot and it never came, "oh, it's a from a deleted scene", but I didn't know that is was connected to a pretty solid companion piece by one of Godard's collaborators.
While Godard's Hail Mary has a undeniably rhythmic factor to it, The Book of Mary was very melo in its approach, something that works wonders for the short when you realize that two different creatives are looking at the same character from two different, yet similar, lenses. This clarified a ton of stuff about Marie's character in Hail Mary and I'm glad it exists even if I don't think I will rewatch this as often as I think I will rewatch Hail Mary.
Closer to a 3 than a 4.When I watched the trailer for Hail Mary before watching the actual film, I noticed a beautiful shot of a woman, presumably Marie, dancing on a balcony. I waited for that shot and it never came, "oh, it's a from a deleted scene", but I didn't know that is was connected to a pretty solid companion piece by one of Godard's collaborators.
While Godard's Hail Mary has a undeniably rhythmic factor to it, The Book of Mary was very melo in its approach, something that works wonders for the short when you realize that two different creatives are looking at the same character from two different, yet similar, lenses. This clarified a ton of stuff about Marie's character in Hail Mary and I'm glad it exists even if I don't think I will rewatch this as often as I think I will rewatch Hail Mary.
