
(Heddy Honigmann, The Netherlands 2006, 95 min., English and French with subtitles, 35mm)
At Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris, countless visitors pay homage to their artistic idols: Marcel Proust, Oscar Wilde, Simone Signoret, Frederic Chopin, Jim Morrison. This lovely new documentary tells the stories of the living guests of Père-Lachaise as well as the legacies of those buried there, and reminds us that a civilization is often remembered by its most brilliant artistic accomplishments.