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Danièle Huillet dies at 70

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Daniéle Huillet, the life and artistic companion of Jean-Marie Straub, died in France at the age of 70. The two directors were very tied to Italy and had been living in a working class neighbourhood in Rome for years.

The last film by Straub-Huillet – which is how they “signed” their work – was the 2006 Venice Film Festival competition title Quei loro incontri [+see also:
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, which was accompanied by a letter that stirred up controversy.

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The two made 18 films together since 1963, establishing themselves as the champions of independent, cultured, civil and political cinema. Their most famous titles include Class Relations, from Franz Kafka’s America, History Lessons and Fortini/Cani.

(Translated from Italian)

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