Pierre Grise Productions.
Publisher
New Yorker Video
Pub. Date
[2004], ©1991
Description
An artist near the end of his career finds new inspiration in a young model. A famous and well-respected artist who lives in a comfortable estate in the French countryside, at the age of 60, considers his career as a painter to be over. He no longer feels inspired to create, and his last attempt at a major work, a nude study of his wife Liza, has sat unfinished for ten years. His protégé suggests a more inspiring subject, who exchanges ideas and...
Series
Film Movement volume 13, film 3
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Already facing a rift in their marriage, Pomme and Pierre find things getting worse when their son leaves for college. During one of the couple's regular hikes, Pomme decides to take a break from her discontent and stays behind to live in the woods.
Publisher
Facets Video
Pub. Date
1999
Description
Tells the story of Joan of Arc recorded in meticulous detail, relying on original court transcripts and eyewitness accounts. "The Battles," the first segment of this two-part account of her life, follows Joan from her birth in 1412 describing her early life, to her response to inner voices during battles at Orleans culminating with the defeat of the English at Tourelles. 2-DVD.
4) Holy motors
Publisher
Vivendi Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012], ©2012
Description
Monsieur Oscar, a mysterious, shadowy character, spends a day traveling through Paris in a limousine driven by his loyal chauffeur, Celine. During his travel, he journeys from one life to the next, taking on the appearances of a wide variety of characters, including a captain of industry, an assassin, a beggar, a monster, a reptilian sex god, a melancholy father, and a dying old man.
Publisher
Cohen Media Group
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
An intimately epic exploration of the convergence between artistry and eroticism. Edouard Frenhofer is a reclusive painter living in the French countryside with his wife. Their lives are radically upended with the arrival of a younger artist and his girlfriend, who becomes the muse that awakens Edouard's fading passions. Rivette creates a layered character study, while also offering an immersive meditation on the creative process.