Summary

In cinema, hands are eloquent. Time, movement, memory, alterity and sexuality are combined in the melodious beating of hands. Scorsese, De Sica, Fellini, Vidor, Denis, Bresson, Mann, Hitchcock, Chabrol, Lang, Burton, Craven, Raimi, Godard, Kubrick : all those directors worshipped hands transforming their movies into embraces. 

About the author

Sandrine Marques is a French film critic and teacher. Former journalist at the french daily "Le Monde", she is now programmer for the Cannes film festival (International Critic's Week since 2015) and a member of the editorial board of the french bimonthly magazine "La Septième Obsession".