Claude Chabrol

Jean-Luc Godard is synonymous with cinema. With the release of Breathless in 1960, he established himself overnight as a cinematic rebel and ...

In just ten films, Maurice Pialat painfully rose to the top of the cinema, draining into his legend a mad demand for truth as much as memorable ...

From her precocious status as a sex symbol to her consecration as a filmmaker, Jodie Foster’s story is about a feminist struggle, albeit ...

In a cabin of the deep of the forest, a child and his father lead a wild and hard life in utmost isolation. The child grows up fearing and ...

Documentary about the making of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1946 film “Notorious.”

Documentary exploring the formidable life and career of Italian film star Sophia Loren. With interviews with the actress herself, as well as ...

Spring 2004, a house with a large garden welcomes filmmaker Claude Chabrol. He is about to celebrate his 54 films and 74 years of age. Thomas ...

Written and directed by Hitchcock historian Noël Simsolo, this 2004 French television documentary explores the earliest years of Alfred ...

A short documentary in the Chaplin Today series about Chaplin’s “Monsieur Verdoux.” Includes an interview with Claude Chabrol, ...

Documentary about the making of French director Claude Chabrol’s first film Le Beau Serge in 1958.

When Francois Truffaut approached Alfred Hitchcock in 1962 with the idea of having a long conversation with him about his work and publishing ...

A fascinating glimpse into Truffaut’s creative process and how his life informed his art, told from the perspectives of those who knew him best.

In this program, directed by Jean Pierre Devillers, actor Isabelle Huppert and director Claude Chabrol reflect on their special bond as ...

Part one of a BBC documentary about Jean Renoir.

Claude Ventura’s documentary Chambre 12, Hotel de Suede, was made for the French television channel Arte in 1993. Ventura checks into room ...

Twenty-six people – including two daughters, an ex-wife, his last lover, actors, fellow directors and writers, a neighbor, and boyhood ...

Made for “Cinéma, de notre temps” series. In a peaceful residence near the Loire River, Chabrol raised his favorite characters : ...

An intimate window into one of the great movements in film history that brought about an evolution in the art of cinema. The documentary portrays ...

After trying a job as a stripper in a Barcelona carnival, Eva (Aure Attika) is ready for something new, so she heads over to France and becomes ...

An old con-man fakes an illness and takes advantage of the kindness of one of his nurses.

When he inherits the family house and property after his mother’s death, aspiring novelist Fane returns home with his bimbo girlfriend ...

Elisa and Eric are two teenage war orphans. They change their apartment on the outskirts of the city into a photo-studio to make a living, and ...

Francois Marboni is a butcher who is being blackmailed for having an affair with the prostitute Rachel in this black comedy. He decides to hire a ...

A long parade of actors and actresses pop up in an unconnected series of skits, vignettes, and sight gags in this comedy anthology by Jean ...

This film noir tends to stay within very conventional plot lines, as the narration by the main protagonist, private detective Eugene Tarpon ...

A crime story set in Paris about a Bonnie-and-Clyde couple — how they got together and how they are pursued for a murder they never committed.

Three men come together to plot a cunning plan. 67-year-old Auguste is tired of going to balls, where his wife, always drunk, berates him.