Maurice Pialat Movies

Short doc by Maurice Pialat. The first film in the series set at Turkey, Bosphore, is also the only one that was shot in color.

An essay film critiquing post-war France's urban developments – Pialat states that modernity and suburban convenience have limited Parisian...

Nina and Lizzy meet at the mental institution they are committed to. Nina, who feels guilty for her father's death, has been depressed since the...

A Catholic holiday in a rural village in Auzelles, the filmmaker's native region in the Massif Central.

Impressive sound design, non-linear editing, great ‘expressionistic’ locations and b&w cinematography, this is an experimental piece for...

A short 6-minute essay-documentary by Maurice Pialat on the region in which much of the action of Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble unfolds.

TV series directed by Varda in which she gives thoughts to her favorite images and why she is drawn to them (in short one minute segments per image)

Filmed in Paris in 1964, this documentary short follows two fifteen-year-old girls from the city’s 16th arrondissement as they move through...

A documentary about the life and career of Maurice Pialat produced by his widow, the accomplished film producer Sylvie Pialat. The film interweaves...

During a desultory night on the town, two men talk about their experiences with women. One of them disparages his ex-wife, while the other is...

In a deliberately erratic and disjointed fashion, this film follows the adventures of Bernard (Jean-Pierre Leaud). A young man from the provinces, he...

Documentary about the making of Maurice Pialat's 1969 film "L'Enfance nue" (Naked Childhood).

Maître Galip is the most poetic and powerful of Pialat's Turkish Chronicles, using the poems of Nazim Hikmet to accompany a series of evocative...

A report celebrating Lyon, a young and vibrant city that has managed to preserve the vestiges of its ancient past.

In Noirmoutier, Agnès Varda shoots her eighth film, Les Créatures, starring Catherine Deneuve, under the watchful eye of Maurice Pialat.

An American sculptor, passioned by literature, comes to Paris to perfect his art, but ends up with barely no money, and to survive has to sell The...

The life of the world's most famous avenue, day and night, as told by Maurice Pialat and Georges de Caunes.

Pialat's first film was the short Isabelle aux Dombes, shot in 1951 when the director was 26 years old. The film is an entirely silent montage of...