The Blue of the Origins

The Blue of the Origins

1979 · 52 min · ★ 8.0 · Drama

A survival, silent black & white film shot with a hand camera, a journey into Philippe Garrel's intimate family album featuring the two women who counted in his cinematographic life: Nico and Zouzou.

Directed by Philippe Garrel · Written by Philippe Garrel

Your Rating

Cast

Make it a double feature

2h 13m together

The Blue of the Origins

The Crystal Cradle

Both from Philippe Garrel.

More from Philippe GarrelSee all →

The Two of UsThe Two of Us · 1967
The Two of Us
★ 7.61967
MovieDramaComedy
A story of the caring friendship formed between a crusty, old anti-Semite and an eight-year-old Jewish boy who goes to live with him during World War II.
The Crystal CradleThe Crystal Cradle · 1976
The Crystal Cradle
★ 7.41976
MovieDrama
An androgynous poet/dreamer sits and writes and meditates on the aching void that is her life.
Emergency KissesEmergency Kisses · 1989
Emergency Kisses
★ 7.41989
MovieDrama
When film director Mathieu casts a famous actress to portray a character based on his aspiring-actress wife, he creates a rift in his marriage. French filmmaker Philippe Garrel's family members portray versions of themselves in this lyrical drama.
The Ministries of ArtThe Ministries of Art · 1989
The Ministries of Art
★ 7.21989
MovieDocumentary
Philippe Garrel’s documentary on France’s second wave of masterful filmmakers. Featuring Jean Eustache, Chantal Akerman, André Téchiné, Leos Carax, Jacques Doillon and Benoit Jacquot.
NocturnaNocturna · 2007
Nocturna
★ 7.12007
MovieAnimationFamily
An orphan boy named Tim is afraid of the dark. However, when the stars start going out in the sky, he finds himself exploring the world of the night, alongside his new friend, the Cat Shepherd.
I Can No Longer Hear the GuitarI Can No Longer Hear the Guitar · 1991
I Can No Longer Hear the Guitar
★ 7.11991
MovieDrama
For those who were young, living under the delusions of love and soft drugs in Paris, May 1968 - even if the guitar is still playing, they can't hear it any longer.
Regular LoversRegular Lovers · 2005
Regular Lovers
★ 6.92005
MovieDramaRomance
1968 and 1969 in Paris: during and after the student and trade union revolt. François is 20, a poet, dodging military service. He takes to the barricades, but won't throw a Molotov cocktail at the police. He smokes opium and talks about revolution with his friend, Antoine, who has an inheritance and a flat where François can stay. François meets Lilie, a sculptor who works at a foundry to support herself. They fall in love. A year passes; François continues to write, talk, smoke, and be with Lilie. Opportunities come to Lilie: what will she and François do?
L'Enfant SecretL'Enfant Secret · 1979
L'Enfant Secret
★ 6.81979
MovieRomanceDrama
Jean-Baptiste, a filmmaker, and Elie, an actress, fall in love. To fight their unhappiness, they cling to their children: Jean-Baptiste to his film and Elie to her young son.
The Inner ScarThe Inner Scar · 1972
The Inner Scar
★ 6.61972
MovieFantasy
A composition of symbolic, surreal and almost mystic images.
The Birth of LoveThe Birth of Love · 1993
The Birth of Love
★ 6.31993
MovieDramaRomance
The unhappy love lives of Paul and Marcus, two artists and friends who are neither particularly young nor successful anymore.
Lover for a DayLover for a Day · 2017
Lover for a Day
★ 6.22017
MovieDramaRomance
After a bad breakup, a college-aged Parisian moves into her father's flat only to discover that he is living with his new girlfriend - a young woman her age.
JealousyJealousy · 2013
Jealousy
★ 6.02013
MovieRomance
The professional and emotional cross-currents between two romantically entwined theater actors played by the director’s son Louis and Anna Mouglalis.
Actua 1Actua 1 · 1968
Actua 1
★ 6.01968
MovieDocumentary
A film considered almost lost even by Garrel, who recently found his negatives. Shot during the events of the May 68, it was made collectively; the film is a merge of Garrel’s and his partners’ points of view, all of them students and filmmakers that participated in the revolt.
Wild InnocenceWild Innocence · 2001
Wild Innocence
★ 5.92001
MovieDrama
A movie director does a new film against heroin consumption, and the producers are heroin dealers.
The Virgin's BedThe Virgin's Bed · 1969
The Virgin's Bed
★ 5.81969
MovieDramaFantasy
30 year old child enters the new city, riding on a donkey. He says he is the Savior. He has spent no time among men. He is trembling with cold. His clothes are soaked. His mother was overprotective ; his father conspicuously absent. He knows that he must face the mockery, refusal, ignorance and blindness of the men around him. They travel in gangs, in large numbers : soldiers, mercenaries or the like, on majestic, imposing horses. Everything is out of proportion to his thin, bewildered, innocent body ; he is the madman of the new city...
The PloughThe Plough · 2023
The Plough
★ 5.52023
MovieDrama
Three siblings comprise the latest generation in a family of puppeteers led with passion by their father. They are magicians of a kind, but can barely make ends meet, working mainly for the love of their craft. Their grandmother contributes too, not only as a seamstress but also as a repository of memories and wisdom. A tragic event will challenge the desire of each sibling to carry on.

More Like This

Couldn't load this row right now.

Rate this film

Your ratings make Midnight smarter