This pencil with a marker is a tribute to the avant-garde legacy of Jean-Luc Godard, reflecting his innovative approach to cinema and visual storytelling. It is an essential accessory for cinephiles, students, artists, and all those who appreciate the intersection of cinema, art, and critical thinking.

Combining functionality with an exclusive design, this pencil with a marker is not just a writing tool but also a collectible item that carries the revolutionary spirit of Godard.

The title of the exhibition, ‘Tenant conte des temps actuels’, [Keeping tale of current times] is taken from Film annonce du film ‘Drôles de Guerre’ (1er Tournage) [Trailer of the Film That Will Never Exist: ‘Phony Wars’ (2022)]. ‘It was a question of no longer trusting the billions of diktats of the alphabet and giving back their freedom to the incessant metamorphoses and metaphors of a real language by returning to the locations of past shoots, while keeping tale of current times.’ The superimposition between Tenant conte / Tenant compte (Telling [a tale] / Keeping tale) combines notions of fabrication and of accuracy; imagination and description; invention and attention – in short, the requirements and resources of cinema in the face of reality.

In 1993, Jean-Luc Godard met Manoel de Oliveira for a major interview for Libération, appearing on the paper's cover on 4-5 September. In it, Oliveira uttered a phrase that haunted Godard's films and cinephiles ever since: ‘That's what I like about cinema in general: a saturation of magnificent signs bathed in the light of their lack of explanation.’ In 1998, Manoel de Oliveira dedicated a poem to Jean-Luc Godard, Yellow Dog, which ends with these lines: ‘a peerless cinema / called Godard.’ These literary exchanges culminate in a dialogue between films: Film Socialisme (2010) by Jean-Luc Godard can be seen as a response to Um Filme Falado (2003) by Manoel de Oliveira.