Alain Cavalier

  • Alain Cavalier – Le plein de super AKA Fill’er Up with Super [Custom color] (1976)

    Alain Cavalier1971-1980ComedyDramaFrance
    Le plein de super (1976)
    Le plein de super (1976)

    Quote:
    When a young auto salesman is forced to give up a vacation with his wife in order to drive a big American car to its new owner who lives on the Riviera, he makes the best of things. First, he gets and old friend to ride along with him. Then, the two of them are joined by another pair of men who want to ride south.Read More »

  • Alain Cavalier – Thérèse (1986)

    1981-1990Alain CavalierArthouseDramaFrance

    The life of little St. Therese of Lisieux, depicted in minimalist vignettes. Therese and her sisters are all nuns in a Carmelite convent. Her devotion to Jesus and her concept of “the little way” to God are shown clearly, using plain modern language. A sense of angelic simplicity comes across without fancy lights, choirs, or showy miracles.Read More »

  • Alain Cavalier – Être vivant et le savoir (2019)

    Alain Cavalier2011-2020ArthouseDocumentaryFrance

    Quote:
    Emmanuèle Bernheim and Alain Cavalier are linked by thirty years of friendship. They are preparing a film based on the autobiographical book of the novelist: Everything went well. She tells how her father asked her “to finish” after a cardiovascular accident. Cavalier proposes to him to hold his own role and that he, be his father. One winter morning, Emmanuèle calls Alain; it will be necessary to delay the shooting until the spring, it is operated urgently.Read More »

  • Alain Cavalier – Pater (2011)

    2011-2020Alain CavalierComedyFrancePolitics

    summary from filmsdefrance.com :
    “For a year, they have let themselves be seen and filmed – a filmmaker and an actor, the president and his first minister: Alain Cavalier and Vincent Lindon. Now you can see them, both in real life and in the fiction which they have created together… “
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  • Alain Cavalier – Rene (2002)

    2001-2010Alain CavalierDocumentaryFranceVideo Art

    AMG :
    “French director Alain Cavalier ventures into pseudo-documentary territory with his 2002 film René. Purportedly concocted as a means for Cavalier to help actor Joël Lefrançois lose weight while not making a straight documentary about Lefrançois’ ordeal, René instead focuses on fictional children’s theater actor René (Lefrançois) from provincial France who is undergoing a bit of a personal crisis. Having just been abandoned by his girlfriend, René decides dieting is the only way to win back her love.Read More »

  • Alain Cavalier – Un Américain (1958)

    1951-1960Alain CavalierArthouseFranceShort Film

    An American sculptor settles in Paris, convinced that this city will be good for his work. However, to survive, he has to sell the New York Herald Tribune at night.

    The assistant director on this film was Maurice Pialat.Read More »

  • Alain Cavalier – Le combat dans l’île AKA Fire and Ice (1962)

    1961-1970Alain CavalierDramaFrance

    Synopsis:
    ‘The son of a French industrialist, Clément is a right wing extremist who belongs to a secret militant right wing organization that uses whatever means necessary, including violence, to achieve its goals. His wife Anne, a former German actress who gave up her career to be the doting wife, knows somewhat of his extremist views, and suspects he would indeed kill if need be as witnessed by what she finds hidden in their house. He often treats her poorly, especially out in public as she maintains the façade of her former celebrity, which he believes is her acting like a whore. Regardless, she is compelled to stay in the marriage. After he and a right wing colleague assassinate a Communist figure, that assassination which goes slightly awry, Clément and Anne hide out in the country home of Clément’s childhood friend, Paul, who knows nothing about Cléments extremist views. Paul is a democrat and pacifist. Clément is forced to leave to pursue a mission, leaving Anne behind.’
    – HuggoRead More »

  • Alain Cavalier – Un étrange voyage AKA On the Track (1981)

    1981-1990Alain CavalierArthouseDramaFrance

    Synopsis
    A father-daughter relationship is melded, strained, and deepened by a shared angst: the grandmother in the family left her home by train and never arrived at her destination. The father Pierre (Jean Rochefort) is distraught that the police could basically dismiss the issue as inexplicable, and he decides to retrace on foot the voyage his mother should have made. His daughter Amelie (Camille de Casablanca) goes with him, and the story evolves as the two walk along the train tracks, searching in the nearby terrain and bushes for any evidence that might point to what happened. Along the way, their once antagonistic and distanced relationship (Amelie is a student, her father is a picture-restorer) begins to work itself out…Read More »

  • Alain Cavalier – Le plein de super aka Fill ‘er up with super (1976)

    1971-1980AdventureAlain CavalierArthouseFrance

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    Synopsis
    When a young auto salesman is forced to give up a vacation with his wife in order to drive an American car to its new owner who lives on the Riviera, he makes the best of things. First, he gets and old friend to ride along with him. Then, the two of them are joined by another pair of men who want to ride south. The four of them have a great time, talking about women and fatherhood, among other things…Read More »

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