570 minutes of strangers just... existing. Cinema as voyeurism or endurance test? You decide.
Couple is a cinematic series of portrait films, which show two persons, who free to do what they wish, in a fixed camera shot of 3:20 minutes.
Direction
Courant's radical restraint creates accidental narrative
Production
570-min runtime demands genuine commitment
Editing
No cuts—real-time forces confrontation with boredom
Director
Gérard Courant
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Courant shot over 100 couples across decades; the complete work is rarely screened in full.
Anticipates reality TV and YouTube vlogging by decades, but without editing's manipulation.
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