In 1948, Edith Piaf offered a Paillard-Bolex 16mm camera to Charles Aznavour. It was his first camera, and he has kept it with him ever since.. Until 1982, Charles would shot hours and hours of material which became his personal diary.
Aznavour filmed his life and lived like he filmed. Everywhere he went, his camera was with him. He recorded everything: moments of life, the places he passed through, his friends, loves, hassles. A few months before he died, he started working through the abundant footage with Marc di Domenico. Together they made a film out of it – Aznavour’s film.
Also to be seen and heard in De Balie:
Maria Callas in her legendary 1958 debut performance at the Paris Opéra attended by Parisian elite and captured in newly restored color from original 16mm reels.
Through the camera lens, Charlotte and Jane expose themselves to one another, begin to step back and leave space for a mother-daughter relationship to unfold.
Story of the lifelong romance that inspired numerous songs of Leonard Cohen, told through never-before-seen footage and interviews.
