Activities : Director, Screenwriter, Author of original work, Actor, Director of Photography, Editor
Date of Birth : 14/09/1931

J'aimerais partager le printemps avec quelqu'un (2008), from Joseph Morder
Holy Places (2007), from Alain Cavalier
Filmeur (Le) (2005), from Alain Cavalier
René (2001), from Alain Cavalier
Lives (2000), from Alain Cavalier
The Encounter (1996), from Alain Cavalier
Libera me (1993), from Alain Cavalier
Thérèse (1986), from Alain Cavalier
Un étrange voyage (1981), from Alain Cavalier
CE REPONDEUR NE PREND PAS DE MESSAGES (1979), from Alain Cavalier

Complete filmography

Born in 1931, Alain Cavalier attracted considerable attention from his earliest films, for his masterly style and political commitment, notably for "Le Combat dans l'île" ("Fire and Ice") in 1961 and "The Unvanquished" in 1964, which rejected the secrecy surrounding the Algerian War at the time. After making a crime thriller, "Pillaged" (1967), and an adaptation of a novel by Françoise Sagan, "Heartbeat" (1968), Cavalier joined the New Realist movement with "Fill ‘er Up with Super" (1975) and "Martin and Lea" (1977). In 1980, he made "Un Etrange voyage," a film made with great affection and finesse that won him the Louis Delluc Prize. In 1986, "Thérèse" was awarded the Jury Prize at the Cannes International Film Festival and won six Cesar awards (including Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Director and Most Promising Actress for Catherine Mouchet). This biographical story of St Therese of Lisieux unexpectedly charmed public and critics alike, commended for its unusual treatment of the subject: it makes a break with the narrative line in favor of a succession of sequences in which naturalism and humor leave no place for adulation or idealization. In 1993, "Libera me" created a new stir and was included in the Official Selection at Cannes. A short time later, Alain Cavalier directed twenty-four portraits of female manual workers. Following "La Rencontre," his eleventh feature film, he has recently directed "Vies" ("Lives").