L'Invitation au voyage (Invitation to a Journey)

L'Invitation au voyage / Invitation to a Journey is referred to as a “melody
of images” by Dulac, and composed in response to the literary and theatrical
cinema of the time. Titled after a symbolist poem by Baudelaire and a melody by
Duparc, it is one of the best examples of the director's cinema of
suggestion, as it seeks to capture the slightest nuances of the evolving
sentiments between a young officer and a married woman who meet at a night-time
cabaret. The film's movement, rhythm, and recurring circular motifs (props,
setting and cinematography), which express the emancipation of the female
protagonist and the general mobility of sexual roles, can also be seen to
anticipate her “pure” films, such as Disque
957 (1929).
Tami Williams

Maud Nelissen & Finn Möricke (glasba)
Maud Nelissen: kompozicija, klavir;
Finn Möricke: violina

Directed by: Germaine Dulac; based on a poem by: Charles Baudelaire; screenplay:
Germaine Dulac; cinematographers: Paul Guichard, Lucien Bellavoine; assistant director:
Marie-Anne Malleville; cast: Emma Gynt, Raymond Dubreuil, Robert Mirfeuil, Paul
Lorbert, Tania Daleyme, Djemil Anik, Lucien Bataille; production: Germaine
Dulac (Natan Productions)

Thanks
to: Marleen Labijt, Mark-Paul Meyer (Nederlands
Filmmuseum, Amsterdam), A.W.P. Agotha, Sandra Peršak (Royal
Netherlands Embassy, Ljubljana), Staš Ravter (Slovenska kinoteka, Ljubljana), Bojan Bajšič, Andrej Goričar,
Koen van Daele (Otok, Ljubljana-Izola), Tami
Williams, Il Cinema Ritrovato
& Cineteca Bologna
Special
thanks to: Jean-Michel Mareau

Organisation:
City of Women
In
collaboration with: Cankarjev dom
With
the support of: Royal Netherlands Embassy Ljubljana (Focus 06)