THE MEMORY OF A GESTURE
Summary
Jean-Dominique Lajoux, 93, is an ethnologist, photographer and filmmaker. He spent most of his career as a researcher at the CNRS Audiovisuel. He is bequeathing his film collection to the Puy-de-Dôme Departmental Archives, the final stage in a life spent preserving the memory of traditional practices.
His collection has been catalogued and digitised. As his cellar is emptied, we retrace with him the journey of a documentary adventurer dedicated to research. From the cinematic gesture to the gestures of strangers captured on film, this is a deep dive into his work. From one gesture to the next, the transmission is underway, a fight against oblivion.
His collection has been catalogued and digitised. As his cellar is emptied, we retrace with him the journey of a documentary adventurer dedicated to research. From the cinematic gesture to the gestures of strangers captured on film, this is a deep dive into his work. From one gesture to the next, the transmission is underway, a fight against oblivion.
Technical specifications:
Title: La mémoire d'un geste (The Memory of a Gesture)
Production: Caroline Chassaing / Court-Jus Production
Director: Charlie Haan
Running time: 52
Format: 16/9 - 4K
Doc TV
Date
2026
