Eclipse, Pénard and Parpillon’s chiaroscuro homage to Antonioni

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In La Roche-sur-Yon, two lovers of Italian cinema united their talents through an exhibition to pay tribute to the Italian director and screenwriter Michelangelo Antonioni in the lobby of the Le Concorde cinema.

Eric Pénardwith a brush, and Philippe Parpillonwith their pen, were interested in his film The Eclipse, released in 1963. A work that follows Monica Vitti (Vitoria), halfway between a separation and a new relationship with Alain Delon, in an Italy in full urban development.

Through 20 black and white paintingsaccompanied by 20 textsthe artists proceeded by sequencing. With focal points on scenes, dialogues, reflections. A substrate for exploring the beauty of suspended moments through a poetic chiaroscuro lens.

Symbol revealers

Their way of extending the guiding idea ofAntonioni when he was “in Florence filming a solar eclipse. There was a silence unlike all the others, a dull light, then darkness and absolute calm. I told myself that during this eclipse, even our feelings are on hold. »

In addition to its aesthetic qualities, the exhibition has the merit of acting as a revealer of the symbols which punctuate the work: the eclipse which represents the disappearance of the loved one; Vitoria’s “I don’t know…”, markers of a love in decline; the immobile characters facing a moving world.

The stars are on a journey. And they don’t care about humans. The landing will be harder. In the land of tomorrows.

Like Antonioni, the two friends like to remind us that in silence, the intimate can emerge, revealing the hidden truths of human relationships.

Before diving into the film, Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1962, Eclipse by Pénard and Parpillon invites us to reflect on time, love and absence.

Opening EclipseFriday November 15, 7:30 p.m., hall of the Concorde cinema, La Roche-sur-Yon. Exhibition from November 15 to January 15. Screening of the film The Eclipse by Antonioni, restored version, Friday November 15, 8:30 p.m. Price: €6.50.

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