Voix-off et voix(e) narrative : la conscience entre les lignes dans l’œuvre de Arnaud Desplechin

• Main Author: Marie-Anne Lieb
• Format: Article
• Language: fra
• Published: Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Récits Cultures Et Sociétés 2012-07-01
• Series: Cahiers de Narratologie
• Subjects: conscience; dédoublement; fabulation; introspection; moving box; voix intérieure
• Online Access: http://journals.openedition.org/narratologie/6519

Arnaud Desplechin’s work is particularly interesting in many respects but especially so for his narrative virtuosity. In his style of cinema, which combines both story-telling and introspection, the plot unfolds by the wise use, amongst other things, of voice-over as a means of statement or by narrative voices similar to the “moving box” technique used by Terence Malick. The use of such techniques, ranging from spiritual adventures to light hearted banter and existential quests, in the heart of filmography can give the impression that characters do not ring true. For the film-maker, the problem is how to balance the unfolding of the overall story-line with the exteriorisation of each character’s personal thoughts. By rearranging human complexity, Desplechin develops a cinema in which the voice-over progressively opens up the possible narratives reflecting human insularity.