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Maurice Pialat



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Maurice Pialat - what members say


  • Loulou
  • Loulou review by A customer from North Cornelly, South Wales
    Rated - 1.0 stars More Cliff Richard than Loulou 1 March 2008
    ...One of those rare occasions when a couple of pseudos in the form of Maurice Pialat and notably Arlette Langmann disappear up their own backsides and the unusually supine Fren...   Read customer review
  • Sous Le Soleil De Satan
  • Sous Le Soleil De Satan review by Andrews from London
    Rated - 5.0 stars Pialat is the greatest 8 July 2010
    ...azingly good - Sous Le Soleil De Satan has, for me, confirmed my suspicion that Maurice Pialat is among the greatest film directors there has ever been. Pialat makes Berg...   Read customer review
  • A Nos Amours
  • A Nos Amours review by FrankIV from Cirencester, England
    Rated - 5.0 stars You've had that lamp on all night - it's obvious you don't pay the bills! 19 August 2010
    ... each try to preserve individual identities within its restrictive parameters. Maurice Pialat's performance as the father is beautifully observed, and his scene with Bonnair...   Read customer review

Maurice Pialat - filmography


  • Van Gogh (1991)
    Starring: Jacques Dutronc,  Gerard Sety,  Alexandra London
    Director: Maurice Pialat
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    French drama about the last months in the life of the artist Van Gogh, directed by Maurice Pialat and starring Jacques Dutronc in the title role. Between May and July 1890, Van Gogh establishes himself in the village of Auvers following his year-long stay in an asylum after his mental breakdown. ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 760 members
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  • Police (1985)
    Starring: Pascale Rocard,  Sophie Marceau,  Gerard Depardieu
    Director: Maurice Pialat
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    This strange crime-cum-romance story starts out with the ordinary work-a-day life of Mangin, an apparently straight-and-narrow cop (Gerard Depardieu), and then segues into a love story after he meets Noria, a beautiful Arab woman (Sophie Marceau) who has just been arrested during a drug raid. ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 273 members
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  • A Nos Amours (1983)
    Starring: Sandrine Bonnaire,  Sandrine Bonnaire,  Maurice Pialat
    Director: Maurice Pialat
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A portrait of youth in bloom; a tale of one family's dissolution; a reflection upon the danger and the mystery in living. Maurice Pialat's serene, perilous masterwork provides the movie romance a definitive check and eminently deceptive balance - the X scratched on top of the O. In one of the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 215 members
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  • La Gueule Ouverte (1974)
    Starring: Nathalie Baye,  Philippe Leotard,  Monique Melinand
    Director: Maurice Pialat
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Maurice Pialat directs this drama starring Monique Melinand as an elderly housewife in the later stages of terminal illness. Meanwhile, her husband (Hubert Deschamps) and disjointed family struggle to come to terms with the repercussions of her disease and impending death.
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 66 members
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  • Nous Ne Vieillirons Pas Ensemble on DVD (1972)
    Starring: Muse Dalbray,  Je,  Macha Meril
    Director: Maurice Pialat
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Emotional drama from acclaimed director Maurice Pialat about the impending end to the tumultuous relationship between Jean (Jean Yanne) and Catherine (Marlene Jobert). After years together, their intense reliance upon each other has grown into a tragic union filled with emotional abuse and, despite ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 113 members
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  • L'Enfance-Nue (1968)
    Starring: Michel Tarrazon,  Linda Gutemberg,  Maurice Coussonneau
    Director: Maurice Pialat
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Produced by Francois Truffaut, this raw and unflinching portrait of a troubled childhood by acclaimed French filmmaker Maurice Pialat is widely considered to be semi-autobiographical. Ten-year-old Francois (Michel Tarrazon) is a provincial orphan whose violent and destructive behaviour leads to his ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 180 members
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Maurice Pialat facts

5 most recent films

Van Gogh - 2.5 stars
Sous Le Soleil De Satan - 3.0 stars
Police - 3.0 stars
A Nos Amours - 3.5 stars
Loulou - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

L'Enfance-Nue - 3.5 stars
La Gueule Ouverte - 3.5 stars
Nous Ne Vieillirons Pas Ensemble - 3.5 stars
A Nos Amours - 3.5 stars
Police - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Van Gogh - 2.5 stars
Loulou - 3.0 stars
Sous Le Soleil De Satan - 3.0 stars
Passe ton bac d'abord... - 3.0 stars
Police - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Sandrine Bonnaire - 7 times - show films
Gerard Depardieu - 6 times - show films
Sandrine Bonnaire - 5 times - show films
Brigitte Legendre - 4 times - show films
Bernard Le Coq - 4 times - show films