Pierre Wesserlin, un Américain, artiste bohème, vit à Paris et passe le plus clair de son temps dans les bars de Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Il apprend que sa tante, une femme fortunée, vient de mourir. Pierre est convaincu d'hériter bientôt. Pour fêter l'événement, il emprunte une forte somme d'argent à son ami Jean-François et organise une fête pour tous ses amis. Mais à quelque temps de là, Pierre découvre qu'il ne figure pas sur le testament de la défunte. Toute la fortune va à son cousin. Démuni, il se laisse glisser peu à peu vers la déchéance….
It was while proceeding with the digital restoration of the film CHANTILLY produced in 1976 that the idea for this project came about. Originally the idea was to do a follow-up to the original film, a sort of unrolling of all the graphic elements of the "multi-screen" grid; but very quickly, another film came to the fore. The superimposition of 80 painted transparent celluloid gels and monochromes used for the backgrounds called for new elements to come from a different personal, contemporary reality..
Sous le signe du lion is a Quebec television series comprising thirty 30-minute episodes, directed by Jean-Pierre Sénécal and broadcast in 1961. A two-season remake was broadcast in 1997 and in 2000. The original screeplay was written by Françoise Loranger. Hélène Pedneault adapted it in 1997 and Guy Fournier in 2000. The 1997 adaptation was directed by Maude Martin, and the 2000 by Yvon Trudel.
Faced with the daring and modern script, Radio-Canada refused to broadcast it at first, but changed its mind a few years later..
