Cinema Muto

Visage D’Enfants

63 Visage D’Enfants “Visages D’enfants, one of the most extraordinary films ever made about children, [reveals] the effects upon a sensitive boy of his mother’s death and his father’s remarriage.” —Le Giornate del Cinema Muto catalogue Sometimes, Maman, I drape your dress over the trunk in the attic & rest my head in your wool lap. At night, I dream your portrait smiles at me. At your funeral, I’m ashamed to tell you, I fainted & Papa carried me back home. Pierrette is so little she’s forgetting. I try not to blame her. Me, every day I look into the river & sometimes I hear you call me. Maman, I drape your dress over the trunk in the attic & rest my head in your warm lap. At night, all night, your portrait smiles. ...