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France / Tour / Detour / Two / Children

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In this astonishing twelve-part project for and about television — the title of which refers to a 19th-century French primer Le tour de la France par deux enfants — Godard and Miéville take a detour through the everyday lives of two children in contemporary France.

Jan 1, 19791 seasons12 episodesEndedFR

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Albert Dray

Albert, the Presenter

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Evane Hanska

The Lunch Lady

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Jean-Luc Godard

Robert Linard (uncredited)

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Seasons

Season 1

12 episodes

Premiered Jan 1, 1979

Episodes

1–6 of 12

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Ep 1

Premier mouvement (Obscur/Chimie)

Jan 1, 1979

25m

"The series premiered at the Rotterdam Film Festival in January 1979 and then ran for a week at the Action-République movie theater in Paris in April. ... Then, on May 3, they were shown at the Pompidou Center in Paris in a single six-hour session, followed by a public discussion on “seduction, utilization, manipulation of the child.” ... Television broadcast waited until 1980." (Richard Brody)

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