Calamity, une enfance de Martha Jane Cannary

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By Rémi Chayé

1863, United States. Martha Jane is forced to flee in a convoy heading west. Dressed as a boy, she discovers a world under construction. An adventure full of dangers and encounters that will reveal the mythical Calamity Jane.

Calamity, une enfance de Martha Jane Cannary by Rémi Chayé © DR

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Territoires cinématographiques is a space for dialogue between live performance and cinema, devised in conjunction with Avignon's Utopia cinemas. It's a daily programme of film screenings after which the public can meet and talk with directors, choreographers, filmmakers, researchers and critics invited to the Festival d'Avignon. It's a space designed to explore the intimate relationships that these speakers maintain between disciplines and the world. It's a space where we can take a closer look, from the small to the large, at the themes that are brought to life on stage, on screen and under the plane trees of the Café des idées.

Calamity, une enfance de Martha Jane Cannary

By Rémi Chayé // France // 2020 // 1h22

1863, United States. Martha Jane is forced to flee in a convoy heading west. Dressed as a boy, she discovers a world under construction. An adventure full of dangers and encounters that will reveal the mythical Calamity Jane.

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