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EPISODE · Jun 22, 2026 · 16 MIN

Jean Eustache: the outsider who reshaped French cinema

from The EI Podcast · host Engelsberg Ideas

The filmmaker Jean Eustache’s interest in rural France and his sardonic scepticism about the May ’68 ideologues mark him out from his Nouvelle Vague contemporaries. Read by Leighton Pugh.Read the original essay here: https://engelsbergideas.com/portraits/jean-eustache-the-outsider-who-reshaped-french-cinema/. Image: The film director Jean Eustache. Credit: Alamy

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