August 24, 2020
1951-1960, Classics, Drama, France, Jean-Daniel Pollet
857 Views
One of the first films of the French nouvelle vague, this film has been never released. In fact, Jean-Daniel Pollet did not want the film to be made available to the public at all, and it only found it way out of Archives Françaises du Film after the death of the author. Read More »
June 20, 2020
1961-1970, Drama, France, Jean-Daniel Pollet, Sci-Fi
1,187 Views

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An alien, master of the time from a distant star who travels centuries to centuries, explores our planet. He finds himself on a Brazilian beach with his magic ring. Read More »
April 20, 2020
1971-1980, Comedy, France, Jean-Daniel Pollet, Musical
1,238 Views

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Fifth and last film of the Jean-Daniel Pollet / Claude Melki duo. Léon, a Keatonian bath boy, one day discovers tango. It’s the passion. Léon will either be a dance champion or not. Léon takes his first steps with Smoke, a prostitute with whom he is in love. Together they win prizes. Together, they… At the same time jerky and harmonious, imbued with mood swings and breaks in tone, a fascinating dance film which embraces its subject with airy grace, all this with the wonderful music of Antoine Duhamel Read More »
April 18, 2020
1971-1980, Comedy, France, Jean-Daniel Pollet
1,025 Views

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Leon is a tailor and he believes men are coming to see his trollop sister Marie to have their palms read. Then Arlette, a young provincial girl saved from suicide by Marie, comes to live in the apartment… Read More »
April 13, 2020
1991-2000, Experimental, France, Jean-Daniel Pollet, Philosophy, Philosophy on Screen
1,453 Views

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Dieu sait quoi can be described as a cinematographic essay managing to convey Francis Ponge’s approach to the world, his special relation between silent objects and speech, defining the space of life and knowledge. Read More »
March 26, 2020
1961-1970, France, Jean-Daniel Pollet, Short Film
1,140 Views

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A night in a club. The magic of little things happening and ‘dishappening’ with some kind of ironic tenderness Read More »
March 25, 2020
1951-1960, France, Jean-Daniel Pollet, Short Film
873 Views

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In a ballroom dance, a shy young man tries to find a young girl to dance with … The clumsiness and ease of the dancers, the hesitations of the flirters, an atmosphere of celebration and derision, filmed with sensitivity, without comment or dialogue. Read More »