%0 Journal Article %T Mask(s) and European Cinema %A Podvin, Virginie %J Cahiers ERTA %V 2021 %R 10.4467/23538953CE.21.036.15186 %N Numéro 28 %P 43-63 %K mask, cinema, Europe, aspiration, belief %@ 2300-4681 %D 2021 %U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/cahiers-erta/article/masque-s-et-cinema-europeen %X The aim of this study is to question the links between Mask, Cinema and Europe. The five films selected are Three Colours: Blue from Kieślowski, Crazy Pierrot from Godard, Strada from Fellini, Death in Venice from Visconti, Wings of Desire from Wenders. These movies exhibit a particular type of mask: the mask without mask. Mask obtained by light or make-up, it seems to express the character’s aspiration for an elsewhere.