Documentary about Suzanne Lilar, pt. 10

http://www.lamediatheque.be/the/auteurs_belges/auteurs/lilar_suzanne_.html .
This video clip shows a segment of the 1979 documentary film about the Belgian writer Suzanne Lilar (1901-1992) entitled "Suzanne Lilar - Au-delà de l'apparence".

This segment is entitled "La vieillesse" -- "Old Age".

Established in her apartment in Brussels since 1979, Lilar re-explores the topic of duplicity by linking the masks and carnival scenes in the paintings of James Ensor (and of Floris Jespers and Jacques Delfau) to the theatre, to the double play of reality and fiction. But these masks and crazy people also represent the magic of protection; their role is to ward off danger.

She confides that what she has liked most in her old age are the songs of birds, certain colors such as purple, the perfume of certain flowers, and the bouquet of certain wines. That, she says, is very important...

The film by Jean-Marie Mersch & Joseph Benedek was produced for the Belgian TV station, R.T.B.F.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanne_Lilar

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