
1978
Daguerréotypes
An intimate portrait of the small shops and shopkeepers of the Rue Daguerre in Paris, a picturesque street that has been the filmmaker’s home for more than 50 years.
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Acting
Born
1919-09-17 · 68 yrs
Died
1988-08-22
From
La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France
Known for
Acting
Born in La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime) on September 17, 1919, he joined the libertarian movement as a teenager. At 18, he was sterilized by the companions of Bordeaux (Bartosek affair). He learned at this time the profession of hairdresser. At the Liberation, Robert François established contacts with the anarchist nuclei of the cities of his department and organized numerous conferences at L'Oratoire, both from the Anarchist Federation (FA), and from the Libre Pensée or the publishing group of the newspaper Ce qu ' 'you have to saypublished by Louis Louvet and Simone Larcher. Then he went to Paris and joined the Anarchist Federation. After practicing as a hairdresser, he learned conjuring and, under the name of Mystag, became a talented illusionist, putting his knowledge in this field at the service of reason and denouncing the impostures and the methods of the mages and other fakirs.…