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Joy of Learning

Le Gai Savoir

Release: 1969-07-12·Runtime: 95m·★ 6.1
Drama

While alone in an abandoned television studio, two militants, Emile Rousseau and Patricia Lumumba, have a discourse on language. Referring to spoken word as "the enemy"--the weapon used by the establishment to confuse liberation movements--the two deconstruct the meanings of sounds and images in an attempt to "return to zero" and truly experience the joy of learning.

Production Countries

GermanyFrance

Production Companies

Anouchka Films
ORTF
Bavaria Film
Süddeutscher Rundfunk