Elsa la rose is a 1965 short documentary film by Agnès Varda about Elsa Triolet and Louis Aragon's relationship.
[1] The documentary films the two writers, telling their story and their memories, from Elsa Triolet's youth to when she met with Louis Aragon,[2] whilst a voice (Michel Piccoli) reads Aragon's poems about Elsa.
[3] The film was shot in Elsa and Louis' home in Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines and in the Bar du dôme at Montparnasse during June 1965.
[4] The film is shot during the year 1965, but was only first seen on television on 23 Octobre 1966 during a show called “Dim Dam Dom” on ORTF second channel.
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