The Adjani Notebooks

“For forty years, I’ve been collecting articles from all over the world about Isabelle Adjani—covers, pages, and photos that I cut out and paste into large notebooks. With notebook number 42, my filmmaker’s eye finally dares to examine this fan collection, which has gradually become a secret… Stories of objects, collectors, family, and time: a life shared with a star in photographs.”

Cyril Brody

Les Cahiers Adjani hovers between documentary and filmed diary, in which director Cyril Brody explores the ties between Adjani’s family upbringing with the broader political influences shaping the contemporary Algeria – an exploration that also reveals a lot about the director himself.