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Couple is a cinematic series of portrait films, which show two persons, who free to do what they wish, in a fixed camera shot of 3:20 minutes.
Direction
Courant's radical restraint creates accidental narrative
Production
570-min runtime demands genuine commitment
Editing
No cuts—real-time forces confrontation with boredom

Director
Gérard Courant
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