Balthus Through the Looking Glass

Balthus Through the Looking Glass
Directed byDamian Pettigrew
Written byDamian Pettigrew
Produced byOlivier Gal
Planète (France)
StarringBalthus
Philippe Noiret
Jean Leymarie
Jean Clair
François Rouan
James Lord
Antoinette de Watteville
Pierre Rosenberg
André Barelier
Setsuko and Harumi Klossowska de Rola
Stanislaus and Thadée Klossowski de Rola
Narrated byBernard Verley
CinematographyPaco Wiser
Edited byFlorence Ricard
Music byMozart
Faton Cahen
Distributed byArte Vidéo
Release date
  • 1996 (1996)
Running time
72 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguagesFrench
English
Italian
Budget$450,000 (estimated)

Balthus Through the Looking-Glass (French: Balthus de l'autre côté du miroir) is a 1996 French documentary film directed by Damian Pettigrew on the French painter Balthus.

The film was honored in a cycle of film classics by Jean Renoir, Marcel Carné, and Jean Vigo at the Museum Ludwig (Cologne, Germany) in September 2007.[1]

  1. ^ In Balthus or Time Suspended: Paintings and Drawings (1932-1960). Cologne: Museum Ludwig Catalogue, 2007.