Dossignan is a very zealous rural priest. The dean Menou-Segrais tries to keep him reasonable. Read More »
Tag Archives: Maurice Pialat
Loulou (1980) Maurice Pialat, Isabelle Huppert, Gérard Depardieu, Guy Marchand
Maurice Pialat’s portrait of contemporary France mocks prosperity as a substitute Read More »
Van Gogh (1991) Maurice Pialat, Jacques Dutronc, Alexandra London, Bernard Le Coq
In late spring, 1890, Vincent moves to Auvers-sur-Oise, near Paris, under the care of Dr. Gachet Read More »
The Mouth Agape AKA La gueule ouverte (1974) Maurice Pialat, Nathalie Baye, Hubert Deschamps, Philippe Léotard
Monique is dying. Around her gather her unfaithful husband, her son, who is like his father Read More »
We Won’t Grow Old Together (1972) Maurice Pialat, Marlène Jobert, Jean Yanne, Christine Fabréga
Jean has been married to Francoise for years, but his relationship with his wife has been all but over for a long time. Read More »
Naked Childhood (1968) Maurice Pialat, Michel Terrazon, Linda Gutenberg, Raoul Billerey
A ten-year-old boy feels unwanted when his mother places him in a home for wayward children. Read More »
To Our Loves (1983) Maurice Pialat, Sandrine Bonnaire, Christophe Odent
Suzanne is sixteen and is having sex with many boys, just for fun, but did not manage to really love one of them. Read More »
Graduate First (1979) Maurice Pialat, Sabine Haudepin, Philippe Marlaud, Annick Alane, Drama, Romance
A study of a group of young working class people in a French village, who are embarking upon adult life. Read More »
Le Garcu / Le garçu (1995) Maurice Pialat, Gérard Depardieu, Géraldine Pailhas, Antoine Pialat, Drama
Antoine is four years old. His father Gerard leaves his mother Sophie. Gerard has several mistresses, but never knows how to leave them. Sophie takes a new lover, Jeannot.
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