Alain Cavalier Movies

René, a children's theater performer, has a problem : he is a hearty eater and he weighs no less than 155 kilos. After being abandoned by his...

From his diary, filmed over ten years, filmmaker Alain Cavalier invites us to a meditation on old age, weakness and death. Made of moments of life,...

"Since childhood, I've had the good fortune of going through two mini depressions of happiness, and I'm serenely awaiting the third. This alone is...

A man repaints his apartment. Through objects, photos, drawings he plunges back into his past. His future seems so dark that he ends up painting the...

Philippe : An actress, a member of the Académie française, a boxer, an actor... Philippe, an all-round athlete of the televised...

Each morning, Bartabas works with his favorite horse, Caravage. They share a silent conversation in which they guide each other. Will they reach a...

"These portraits are encounters I wanted to be kept from oblivion, even if it is only while you are watching them. They are women who work, who have...

Jacquotte : Once a year, in July, on the way to vacation, Jacquotte relives her childhood for a few hours in her beloved parents' home, which has...

"Since a long time I have been linked to the painter Georges de La Tour. His paintings helped me in making my films. Even more, in a precise way they...

"If I get along well with someone, if I am attracted to what that person does, then I have an annoying tendency to desire to film that person. I get...

A “Cinéma, de notre temps” series episode directed by french filmmaker Jean-Pierre Limosin, originally aired 26 January 1996.

Variations of the three portraits of the movie L'amitié.

In a film as moving as a confession, the filmmaker portrays a veritable journey into the valley of the shadows to find Irène, his Eurydice.

Léon : This morning, Léon the shoe-repairer puts up a sign in his store that he's managed for forty-six years : "Closing down in two...

"These portraits are encounters I wanted to be kept from oblivion, even if it is only while you are watching them. They are women who work, who have...