Robert Bresson

Activities : Director, Adaptation/Dialogue Writer, Dialogue Writer, Screenwriter, Editor
Date of Birth : 25/09/1901
Date of decease : 18/12/1999

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Robert Bresson

Robert Bresson

Robert Bresson

Robert Bresson

Robert Bresson

Robert Bresson

Recent filmography (French films only)Complete filmography (17 films)

L'Argent (1983) Director : Robert Bresson Actors : Christian Patey, Caroline Lang, Sylvie Van Den Elsen, Michel Briguet, Didier Baussy... Associate production company : Marion's Films, Eos films Genres : Fiction Synopsis : A forged 500-franc note is cynically passed from person to person and shop to shop, until it falls into the hands of a genuine innocent who doesn't see it for what it is - which will have devastating consequences on his life,...

The Devil, Probably (1977) Director : Robert Bresson Actors : Antoine Monnier, Tina Irissari, Henri De Maublanc, Laetitia Carcano, Nicolas Deguy... Associate production company : GMF Productions, Sunchild Productions Genres : Fiction Synopsis : Charles drifts through politics, religion and psychoanalysis, rejecting them all. Once he realises the depth of his disgust with the moral and physical decline of the society he lives in, he decides that suicide is the only option...

Lancelot of the Lake (1973) Director : Robert Bresson Actors : Luc Simon, Laura Duke Comdominas, Humbert Balsan, Vladimir Antolek-Oresek, Patrick Bernhard... Associate production company : Mara Films Genres : Fiction Synopsis : A million miles away from 'Camelot' or 'Excalibur', this film ruthlessly strips the Arthurian legend down to its barest essentials. Arthur's knights, far from being heroic, are conniving and greedy men who, just before the film...

Four Nights of a Dreamer (1971) Director : Robert Bresson Actors : Isabelle Weingarten, Guillaume Des Forêts, Maurice Monnoyer, Lidia Biondi, Jérôme Massart... Associate production company : Albina Productions Genres : Fiction Synopsis : The 'dreamer' is Jacques, a young painter, who by chance runs into Marthe as she's contemplating suicide on the Pont-Neuf in Paris. They talk, and agree to see each other again the next night. Gradually, he discovers that her...

A Gentle Woman (1969) Director : Robert Bresson Actors : Dominique Sanda, Guy Frangin, Claude Ollier, Jeanne Lobre, Jacques Kébadian... Associate production company : Marianne Productions, Parc Film Genres : Fiction Synopsis : A young woman kills herself, leaving no explanation to her grief-stricken pawnbroker husband. We learn in flashback about how they met, married, and how she failed to adapt her lifestyle to his. Disgusted with his attempts to...

Mouchette (1967) Director : Robert Bresson Actors : Nadine Nortier, Maria Cardinal, Paul Hebert Associate production company : Argos Films Genres : Fiction Synopsis : Mouchette is a young teenager living in the tough country. Her mother is going to die, and her father does not take care of her. Mouchette does not manage to express her rebellion against the humiliations she undergoes. One night,...