Walking with Hegel in Marseilles: Robert Guédiguian and Les Neiges du Kilimandjaro.

Robert Guédiguian’s Les Neiges de Kilimandjaro (2011) draws on Marius et Jeannette (1997) and La Ville est tranquille (2000), features he likewise filmed on location in his native Marseilles. As a series or set, the three films constitute a loose version of the Hegelian dialectic of thesis, antithes...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	French Cultural Studies Vol. 25; no. 3/4; pp. 281 - 290
Main Author:	Ungar, Steven
Format:	Article
Published:	Sage Publications Inc. Aug2014
Subjects:	Guédiguian, Robert, 1953- Realism Hotel management Working class Filmmakers
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

Description
Summary:	Robert Guédiguian’s Les Neiges de Kilimandjaro (2011) draws on Marius et Jeannette (1997) and La Ville est tranquille (2000), features he likewise filmed on location in his native Marseilles. As a series or set, the three films constitute a loose version of the Hegelian dialectic of thesis, antithesis and synthesis that is evident in Guédiguian’s cinematic treatment of Marseilles’ evolving topography and demographics. The conclusion of Les Neiges de Kilimandjaro suggests a possible means of updating a commitment to social change based in overcoming class difference at a moment when this has yielded to a more brutal distinction between the rich and the poor.