Marie-France Pisier

  • André Téchiné – Les soeurs Brontë AKA The Bronte Sisters (1979)

    André Téchiné1971-1980DramaFrance
    Les soeurs Brontë (1979)
    Les soeurs Brontë (1979)

    In a small presbytery in Yorkshire, living under the watchful eyes of their aunt and father, a strict Anglican pastor, the Bronte sisters write their first works and quickly become literary sensations.Read More »

  • Jean-Charles Tacchella – Cousin cousine (1975)

    1971-1980ComedyFranceJean-Charles TacchellaRomance

    Two distant cousins meet at a wedding banquet for an elderly couple. Over time, a close friendship develops between them, but their spouses begin to think that they are more than just friends.Read More »

  • Various – L’amour à vingt ans AKA Love at Twenty (1962)

    1961-1970ArthouseFranceVarious

    IMDB says:
    “Love at Twenty” unites five directors from around the world to present their different perspectives on what love really is at the age of 20. The episodes are united with the score of Georges Delerue and still photos of Henri Cartier-Bresson. The directors create their peculiar scenarios with Truffaut revisiting Antoine Doinel, this time finding some meaning to his life while getting involved with a girl; Renzo Rossellini’s episode about an abandoned mistress; Ishihara’s tale about an obsessive love; Ophüls’ story about a pregnant woman trying to plot against the baby’s father; and Wajda presenting a confusing relationship between people from different generations.Read More »

  • Robert Hossein – Le vampire de Düsseldorf AKA The Vampire of Dusseldorf (1965)

    1961-1970FranceRobert HosseinThriller

    In the 1930s, chaos and misery reign over Düsseldorf as the Nazis begin their campaign of terror. But the city is afflicted by another menace, a serial killer who writes a letter to the police every time he murders a young woman. Who would suspect Peter Kuerten, a man who is so mild and unassuming? His only passion is Anna, a singer in a café, but she ignores him and makes fun of him. One day, Peter meets two young country girls, Paula and Rosa. Not long afterwards, Paula is found dead and Rosa, the prime witness to this murder, is herself killed a few days later. Unaware of Peter’s dark exploits, Anna becomes his lover. But then she finds one of the messages he sends to the police…Read More »

  • François Truffaut – Antoine et Colette AKA Antoine and Colette (1962)

    1961-1970ComedyFranceFrançois TruffautShort Film

    Synopsis:
    This short film is the first segment of five in the multinational feature Love at Twenty (1962), all five segments on the theme of first adult love. After indulging in much delinquency in his youth, seventeen year old Antoine Doinel, having been provided opportunity to get out of that delinquent life, is now an upstanding member of society working for Philips Records, which allows him to indulge in his love of music. Read More »

  • Eduardo de Gregorio – Sérail AKA Surreal Estate (1976)

    1971-1980DramaEduardo de GregorioFrance

    Synopsis:
    An English novelist is lured, with disconcerting and disorienting results, into purchasing a crumbling mansion by what he imagines are the deliberately ‘literary’ ploys of its housekeeper (Leslie Caron) and two mysterious, lurking women.Read More »

  • Hans W. Geissendörfer – Der Zauberberg AKA The Magic Mountain (TV Version) (1982)

    Drama1981-1990AustriaHans W. Geissendörfer

    Plot summary [wikipedia.org]
    The narrative opens in the decade before World War I. We are introduced to the central protagonist of the story, Hans Castorp, a young German. We encounter him when he is in his early 20s, about to take up a shipbuilding career in Hamburg, his home town. Just before beginning this professional career he undertakes a journey to visit his tubercular cousin, Joachim Ziemssen, who is seeking a cure in a sanatorium in Davos, high up in the Swiss Alps. In the opening chapter, Hans is symbolically transported away from the familiar life and mundane obligations he has known, in what he later learns to call the flatlands , to the rarefied mountain air and introspective little world of the sanatorium.Read More »

  • Andrzej Zulawski – La note bleue AKA The Blue Note (1991)

    1991-2000Andrzej ZulawskiArthouseDramaFrance

    Ultimately a story about destiny, “La Note Bleue” seems a personal reflection of Zulawski’s experiences, for both he and Chopin were Polish expatriates in France.

    The film is highly theatrical and occasionally hilarious, but despite its ups and downs, the movie’s highlight is Chopin’s music, brilliantly performed by Polish pianist Janusz Olejniczak.Read More »

  • Henri Verneuil – Le corps de mon ennemi AKA Body of My Enemy (1976)

    Drama1971-1980CrimeFranceHenri Verneuil

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    Synopsis:
    ‘Francois Leclerc returns to his home, an industrial town in northern France, after serving a seven year prison sentence for a murder he did not commit. He recalls the events which led up to his trial, beginning with his romance with Gilberte Liegeard, daughter of a powerful industrialist, and the spectacular opportunities for social climbing this offered him.Before his fall from grace, Leclerc was a popular figure, managing an exclusive night club. But he had some dangerous enemies, who implicated him in a double murder. Seven years on, Leclerc is determined to have his revenge…’

    – Films de FranceRead More »

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