Carrying on Luc Moullets unfinished screenplay about the theft of la pénélope, a camera created by Aaton and capable of recording equally well in 35 mm and digitally, LA ROUGE ET LA NOIRE is a film in kaleidoscope form. The portrait of Aatons founder, Jean-Pierre Beauviala creator, inter alia, of the time-code and the light cameras used by the New Wave (in particular the bush camera specially designed for Jean Rouch) is centered around the basic plot introduced by two women thieves who talk as voice-overs, and whose identities will only be revealed at the end.
Jean-Pierre Beauviala
as Self
Luc Moullet
as The Boss
Thora Van Male
as The Mother
Julien Anselmino
as The Nephew
Arielle Dombasle
as The Daughter
Raymond Depardon
as Self
Jean-Luc Godard
as Self (archive footage) (voice) (uncredited)
