The Real Presence

The Real Presence — Plot

Ruiz on the film: "I began La présence réelle (The Real Presence) first. I. N. A. had commissioned me to produce a personal vision of the Festival d'Avignon. This became a fiction about the theater because if I had filmed the actual performances at Avignon I would have had to respect their staging, I would not be able to change anything. As such, I wouldn't be doing anything more than a retransmission of Antenne 2 or FR3. And since a lot would have to be paid for rights to each play, it would end up costing as much as a fiction feature. So it is a story about the theater, a bit Rivette-ish. I shot all the exteriors in Avignon, the interiors in Paris a few days later and I finish the film next Tuesday."

• Release date
• July 3, 1984
• Runtime
• 59 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Raúl Ruiz

The Real Presence — Cast

F

Franck Oger Adam Shaft Nadège Clair

C

Camila Mora-Scheihing

C

Catherine Oudin

L

Louis Castel

J

Jean-Loup Rivière

C

Christian Rist