Boise State University
11/14/2025 | News release | Distributed by Public on 11/14/2025 15:52
Devereux Herbeck presents at modern languages conference
Mariah Devereux Herbeck, professor of French in the Department of World Languages, presented her paper, "Loss as Presence: Élise Girard's Sidonie au Japon (2023)," at the South Atlantic Modern Languages Association annual conference, held in Atlanta, Georgia, Nov. 6-8, 2025. In her paper, she demonstrated how - through slow pacing, moments of silence, understated special effects, and even surprising touches of comedy - Girard's recent film reimagines the traditional ghost story by reframing mourning and loss. Furthermore, she highlighted stylistic choices that situate the film within a broader tradition of women's innovative cinematic responses to death and absence, with echoes of icons from Chantal Akerman to Agnès Varda.
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