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Nicolas Philibert - what members say


  • Land Of The Deaf
  • Land Of The Deaf review by from Oxford
    Rated - 5.0 stars If you liked Etre et Avoir... 6 August 2005
    ...The director Nicolas Philibert's smash hit (in documentary terms) Etre et Avoir, didn't come out of nowhere: he'd made touching, humane films before and In The Land Of The Deaf ...   Read customer review
  • Back to Normandy
  • Back to Normandy review by from Aylesbury/Bucks/England
    Rated - 3.0 stars Back to Normandy ... 30 January 2008
    ...In this dreary, uneventful documentary, the French director Nicolas Philibert goes back to a small rural community in Normandy to find out what has happened to the people who, m...   Read customer review

Nicolas Philibert - filmography


  • Nenette / Un Animal Des Animals on DVD (2010)
    Director: Nicolas Philibert
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Born in the jungles of Borneo forty years ago, Nénette the orangutan is now the most senior inhabitant of the world's oldest zoo - and the star of this awe-inspiring, tender and funny film, from the director who charmed the world in 2002 with the BAFTA nominated Etre Et Avoir. Also includes Un ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 75 members
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  • Back to Normandy on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Joseph Leportier,  Marie-Louise Leportier
    Director: Nicolas Philibert
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    In 1975, acclaimed French filmmaker Nicolas Philibert (ETRE ET AVOIR) worked as an assistant alongside Rene Allio as he made a film - MOI, PIERRE RIVIERE, AYANT EGORGE MA MERE, MA SOEUR ET MON FRERE - depicting the true story of a 19th Century peasant who murdered his family. Here Philibert goes ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 45% from 300 members
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  • Every Little Thing on DVD (1997)
    Director: Nicolas Philibert
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Documentary. The tranquil woods of the Loire Valley embrace the La Borde psychiatric clinic, an asylum in the truest sense of the word, where patients find sanctuary and repose. Patients and staff work together in rehearsals and preparations for their annual summer play. This year, they perform the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 119 members
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  • La Ville Louvre on DVD (1990)
    Director: Nicolas Philibert
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Documentary about the Louvre specifically looking at the museum's reserves and how these are put together for public display, while being preserved.
    2 stars out of 5 43% from 11 members
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Nicolas Philibert facts

5 most recent films

Nenette / Un Animal Des Animals - 3.0 stars
Back to Normandy - 2.5 stars
Every Little Thing - 3.0 stars
Land Of The Deaf - 3.5 stars
La Ville Louvre - 2.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Land Of The Deaf - 3.5 stars
Every Little Thing - 3.0 stars
Nenette / Un Animal Des Animals - 3.0 stars
Back to Normandy - 2.5 stars
La Ville Louvre - 2.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

La Ville Louvre - 2.0 stars
Back to Normandy - 2.5 stars
Nenette / Un Animal Des Animals - 3.0 stars
Every Little Thing - 3.0 stars
Land Of The Deaf - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Nenette - 2 times - show films
none - 2 times - show films
Marie-Louise Leportier - 1 times - show films
Jean-Claude Poulain - 1 times - show films
Joseph Leportier - 1 times - show films