A Story of Water

A Story of Water (French: Une histoire d'eau) is a short film directed and written by Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut and released in 1961. It recounts the story of a woman's trip to Paris, which is surrounded by a large flooded area. It was first shown publicly in 1961. The title is a pun on the title of the erotic novel Une histoire d'O. The film was shot in two days.^[1] The film is dedicated to Mack Sennett.

A Story of Water
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Directed by	Jean-Luc Godard François Truffaut
Written by	François Truffaut
Produced by	Pierre Braunberger
Starring	Jean-Claude Brialy Caroline Dim
Narrated by	Caroline Dim
Cinematography	Michel Latouche
Edited by	Jean-Luc Godard
Production company	Les Films de la Pléiade
Distributed by	Unidex
Release date	March 3, 1961 (1961-03-03) (France)
Running time	12 minutes
Language	French

According to film critic David Edelstein, introducing the film's presentation on TCM.com, Truffaut's screenplay was a "slight but reasonably coherent romance" which was altered significantly in the editing room by Godard, who added absurdist voiceovers and percussion music while cutting out most of the plot.^[1]

The film is included as a supplement on Criterion's DVD/Blu-ray release of Truffaut's The Last Metro.

See also

• List of avant-garde films of the 1960s