Indochine - Des fleurs pour Salinger (Clip officiel)

What this video is

Released in 1990 as the second single from Indochine's album Le Baiser, 'Des fleurs pour Salinger' is dedicated to American author J.D. Salinger, evoking his self-imposed isolation and the singer's longing to communicate with the cult writer. The song emerged at a pivotal moment — the dawn of techno culture in France — and was noted for its rhythmic energy atypical of the album. The video's avant-garde…

Why it matters

A key artifact of French synth-pop's early-1990s techno pivot, the track and video demonstrate Indochine's stylistic evolution away from the new-wave romanticism of their 1980s work toward a more dancefloor-oriented aesthetic. The video is an early example of French literary pop — a song…

The director

Jean Achache (born 1952) is a French director, screenwriter, film producer, and writer. He began his career in the mid-1970s as assistant director alongside Robert Enrico, then collaborated with Bertrand Tavernier on films including Death Watch and A Sunday…