Movies: Maurice Pialat

  • 1969
    This Man Must Die

    This Man Must Die (1969)

    This Man Must Die

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    When his young son is killed in a hit and run accident, Charles Thenier resolves to hunt down and murder the killer. By chance, Thenier makes the acquaintance of an actress, Helène Lanson, who was in the car at the time of the accident. He then meets...

    This Man Must Die
  • 1983
    A Nos Amours

    A Nos Amours (1983)

    A Nos Amours

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    Fifteen-year-old Suzanne seeks refuge from a disintegrating family in a series of impulsive, promiscuous affairs. Her fulsome sexuality further ratchets up the suppressed passions of her narcissistic brother, insecure mother and brooding, authoritari...

    A Nos Amours
  • 1987
    Under the Sun of Satan

    Under the Sun of Satan (1987)

    Under the Sun of Satan

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    Satan tempts Father Dossignan, who is trying to save the soul of a young girl who killed one of her lovers....

    Under the Sun of Satan
  • 1974
    My Little Loves

    My Little Loves (1974)

    My Little Loves

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    Daniel lives with his grandmother and, after a year of high school, goes to live with his mother in the south of France; a harsher environment which rapidly changes his perception of friends, work, and women....

    My Little Loves
  • 1991
    Van Gogh

    Van Gogh (1991)

    Van Gogh

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    After leaving the asylum, Vincent van Gogh settles in the home of Doctor Gachet, where he keeps painting amidst the torments of his failing mental health. He begins an affair with his host’s daughter, however, she soon realizes that he doesn’t love h...

    Van Gogh
  • 1980
    Loulou

    Loulou (1980)

    Loulou

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    A bored wife leaves her husband for an unemployed, petty criminal....

    Loulou
  • 1972
    We Won't Grow Old Together

    We Won't Grow Old Together (1972)

    We Won't Grow Old Together

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    Jean, a married 40-year-old filmmaker, and his young working class lover, Catherine, engage in a circular series of spectacular blow-ups and tentative reunions, their mutual desire a fire that burns them again and again....

    We Won't Grow Old Together
  • 1985
    Police

    Police (1985)

    Police

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    Mangin, a police inspector in Paris, leans hard on informants to get evidence on three Tunisian brothers who traffic in drugs. He arrests one, Simon, and his girl-friend Noria. Simon's brothers go to their lawyer. He springs Noria, who promptly steal...

    Police
  • 1978
    Graduate First

    Graduate First (1978)

    Graduate First

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    A slice of life of a group of young working class friends in a Northern French village coming to the end of their school years and embarking upon adult life. The film follows the choices and decisions made for their futures....

    Graduate First
  • 1969
    Naked Childhood

    Naked Childhood (1969)

    Naked Childhood

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    Handed over to foster care by his mother—who's unwilling to give up permanent custody—the now-adolescent François understands that nothing in life is permanent, and his increasingly erratic actions reflect this knowledge....

    Naked Childhood
  • 1974
    The Mouth Agape

    The Mouth Agape (1974)

    The Mouth Agape

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    Monique is dying of cancer, lying in bed in the apartment above the store her family owns. Her philandering husband carries on with life, her son remains aloof, and her daughter-in-law wonders if she is witnessing her own decline. They all struggle t...

    The Mouth Agape
  • 1960
    Love Exists

    Love Exists (1960)

    Love Exists

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    An essay film critiquing post-war France's urban developments- Pialat states that modernity and suburban convenience have limited Parisian freedom and widened class gaps....

    Love Exists
  • 1978
    Cinématon

    Cinématon (1978)

    Cinématon

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    Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest film ever released until 2011. Composed over 36 years from 1978 until 2006, it consists of a series of over 2,821 silent vignettes (cinématons), each...

    Cinématon
  • 1995
    The Son Of...

    The Son Of... (1995)

    The Son Of...

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    A self-centered man (Gérard Depardieu) with many diversions occasionally visits his 4-year-old son (Antoine Pialat) and the boy's mother (Géraldine Pailhas)....

    The Son Of...
  • 1964
    Istanbul

    Istanbul (1964)

    Istanbul

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    All of Pialat's Turkish films are uniquely interested in the country — especially Istanbul — as it was, not just as it is at the precise moment that Pialat is filming it. History informs these films in a big way, with the voiceover narration (which i...

    Istanbul
  • 1976
    Lola's Lolos

    Lola's Lolos (1976)

    Lola's Lolos

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    In a deliberately erratic and disjointed fashion, this film follows the adventures of Bernard (Jean-Pierre Leaud). A young man from the provinces, he makes his pilgrimage to Paris and seeks adventure while living on a barge....

    Lola's Lolos
  • 1951
    Isabelle aux Dombes

    Isabelle aux Dombes (1951)

    Isabelle aux Dombes

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    Pialat's first film was the short Isabelle aux Dombes, shot in 1951 when the director was 26 years old. The film is an entirely silent montage of documentary footage, ragged experimental techniques — mainly some negative-image inserts — and symbolic ...

    Isabelle aux Dombes
  • 1984
    17ème jour de tournage du film

    17ème jour de tournage du film "Police" (1984)

    17ème jour de tournage du film "Police"

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    17ème jour de tournage du film
  • 1983
    One Minute for One Image

    One Minute for One Image (1983)

    One Minute for One Image

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    TV series directed by Varda in which she gives thoughts to her favorite images and why she is drawn to them (in short one minute segments per image)...

    One Minute for One Image
  • 2006
    Murderers

    Murderers (2006)

    Murderers

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    Nina and Lizzy meet at the mental institution they are committed to. Nina, who feels guilty for her father's death, has been depressed since the tragic event. As for Lizzy, a slightly unbalanced girl, has been confined there after a suicide attempt. ...

    Murderers