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* 628-E8

on BBC One London

Omnibus presents a film about an eccentric trip across Europe in a vintage motor car.

In 1906 French painter Bonnard illustrated a romantic, comical journal written by his friend Mirbeau. It's the story of one of the earliest motor car trips through France, Belgium, Holland and Germany, and 'across a little bit of myself'. In this film we imagine Bonnard on the journey recording his impressions on the way. 628-E8 was published only in a limited edition and many of the Bonnard drawings have never been seen in public. They celebrate the wonders of the first automobiles, the bizarre, sometimes farcical anecdotes from the notebooks, and the charms of delightful women caught inevitably in compromising situations.

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Contributors

Designer:
Christine Ruscoe
Film Cameraman:
David Whitson
Film Editor:
Angus Newton
Producer:
David Wheatley
Pierre Bonnard:
Simon Needs
Martha Bonnard:
Val Penny
Bonnard's chauffeur:
Verne Morgan
Bonnard:
Geoffrey Collins
Mirbeau:
Peter Sallis

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