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Daisy de Galard

Born November 4, 1929 · Tendron, Cher, France

Died January 6, 2007 · aged 77

Daisy de Galard (4 November 1929 – 6 January 2007) was a French journalist and television producer. After graduating from the École supérieure de journalisme de Paris, when it was uncommon for a female to be a journalist, De Galard was hired by Hélène Gordon-Lazareff to work for Elle magazine. She was the editor from 1972 to 1975. De Galard also created the television show Dim Dam Dom. She was …

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Marguerite Duras interviews Jeanne MoreauMarguerite Duras interviews Jeanne Moreau · 1965
Marguerite Duras interviews Jeanne Moreau
1965
MovieDocumentary
Duras interviews an exhausted Jeanne Moreau, addressing her friend as vous, despite the fact "the two were close friends for many years, living in neighbouring houses and cooking for each other from the early ‘60s.
Christmas at VaugirardChristmas at Vaugirard · 1966
Christmas at Vaugirard
1966
MovieFamilyComedy
The Nativity revisited by Chantal Goya and Serge Gainsbourg as biblical lovers! On New Year's Eve, Marie and Joseph wander through the cold Parisian streets... Exhausted, they take refuge in the Vaugirard slaughterhouse, where the night watchman offers them a spot of straw. Suddenly Marie doesn't feel well... Don't underestimate the absurdity and quirkiness of a Gainsbourg in panic!
Le trésor de l’orphelineLe trésor de l’orpheline · 1966
Le trésor de l’orpheline
1966
MovieDrama
Homage to the novelist Delly, to celebrate her centenary, a mini-soap opera (silent photo-novel style with bubbles) with Françoise Dorléac in the role of the orphan Garlonne and Jacques Dutronc in that of the young director Alban.
Marguerite Duras and the Prison GovernessMarguerite Duras and the Prison Governess · 1967
Marguerite Duras and the Prison Governess
★ 6.51967
MovieDocumentary
During this strange and confrontational interview, Duras takes on France’s only female prison warden. In the women’s verbal wrangling we find reflected many contemporary concerns surrounding the ongoing moral disaster of the prison industrial complex.
Marguerite Duras in the Lions' DenMarguerite Duras in the Lions' Den · 1966
Marguerite Duras in the Lions' Den
★ 7.01966
MovieDocumentary
Duras, ever the challenging interviewer, forensically questions a Parisian zookeeper regarding the happiness of the animals in his charge. Intercut with her questions is stark black-and-white footage of the animals themselves behind bars, as they pace the length of their small concrete enclosures. Duras is very much on the side of the big cats. “Are you ever careless?” she asks the zookeeper. When he replies in the negative, Duras says smilingly: “In your position I’d be tempted to be careless”.
Marguerite Duras and the '68ersMarguerite Duras and the '68ers · 1968
Marguerite Duras and the '68ers
★ 6.01968
MovieDocumentary
Here Duras assumes a more distant role, less an interviewer than an invested documentarian. Her questions precede footage of her main subject, the sixteen-year-old Romain Goupil, recently excluded from the lycée, among his peers and fellow student revolutonaries. After we see them discuss the complexities of their position and deal with internal dissent, Duras asks Romain if he ever forgets how young he is. Romain replies with a grin: “Totally.”
Marguerite Duras and Stripper Lolo PigalleMarguerite Duras and Stripper Lolo Pigalle · 1965
Marguerite Duras and Stripper Lolo Pigalle
★ 6.81965
MovieDocumentary
In this episode of Dim Dam Dom, Duras interviews the stripper Lolo Pigalle. A clip of Lolo dancing in a golden dress is followed by an intense and intimate conversation in which Lolo discusses the definition of work, the splitting of the self, and acting vs. sex work.
La récréLa récré · 1967
La récré
1967
MovieTV MovieDocumentary
Friendships, games, boredom, first emotions: the playground.

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