Reporters (1981)
The co-founder of the Gamma press agency, Raymond Depardon, created this documentary of press photographers in Paris and their subjects by following the photographers around for one month, in October, 1980. In-between long hours waiting for a celebrity to emerge from a restaurant or a hotel, boredom immediately switches to fast action as the cameras click and roll when the person appears. The reaction to the gaggle of photographers is as varied as the people they often literally chase all around town. While some of the celebrities, such as Jacques Chirac who was mayor of Paris at the time, are perceived as comical caricatures, others are shown simply going about ordinary pursuits - including Catherine Deneuve, Gene Kelly, and Jean-Luc Godard.
- Date of release
- 1981-06-10
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (10)
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Raymond Depardon
Casting
- Jacques Chirac — Self
- Jean-Luc Godard — Self
- Richard Gere — Self
- Ursula Andress — Self
- Francis Apestéguy — Self
- Serge Gainsbourg — Self
- Raymond Barre — Self
- Jean-Gabriel Barthélémy — Self
- Omar Bongo — Self
- Mireille Darc — Self
- Alain Delon — Self
- Catherine Deneuve — Self
Recommended
- 12 Days 2017 · ★ 7.1
- Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20 2022 · ★ 7.2
- Come See Me in the Good Light 2025 · ★ 7.1
- Daguerréotypes 1978 · ★ 7.3
- The Bus: A French Football Mutiny 2026 · ★ 6.9
- I Am Heath Ledger 2017 · ★ 7.4
- The Class of ‘92 2013 · ★ 7.1
- As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty 2000 · ★ 7.8
- 180° South 2010 · ★ 7.2
- On the Adamant 2023 · ★ 7.0
- Harmontown 2014 · ★ 6.6
- 42 Up 1999 · ★ 7.6