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Robert Bresson
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L'Argent
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Christian Patey, Vincent Risterucci, Caroline Lang
Director: Robert Bresson
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Robert Bresson won a Best Director Award at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival, as well as the Grand Prize for Creation, for this contemporary revision of Leo Tolstoy's short story. The tragedy tells of how an innocent prank goes wrong and becomes the definitive moment in a man's life. When a young man ..read more »
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The Devil, Probably
on DVD
(1977)
Starring: Antoine Monnier, Tina Irissari, Henri de Maublanc
Director: Robert Bresson
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Regarded by many as a masterpiece, The Devil, Probably tells the story of a young man living in Paris who desires more from life than the glib, superficial truths and material things that are on offer to him. He reaches out to his friends and psychiatrist to provide him with the great answers in ..read more »
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Lancelot Du Lac
on DVD
(1974)
Starring: Luc Simon, Laura Duke Condominas, Humbert Balsan
Director: Robert Bresson
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Winner of the International Critics Prize at Cannes in 1974, Lancelot Du Lac, Bresson's masterpiece, has lost none of its power and continues to cast a mystical spell. In this compelling and hypnotic film about the Arthurian legend, the Knights of the Round Table, their numbers depleted by their ..read more »
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A Gentle Creature
(1969)
Starring: Dominique Sanda, Guy Frangin, Jeanne Lobre
Director: Robert Bresson
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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 dominate her, she considered murdering him, but found herself unable to ..read more »
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Mouchette
on DVD
(1967)
Starring: Nadine Nortier, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Marie Cardinal
Director: Robert Bresson
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Based on the novel by George Barnanos. Tells the story of Mouchette, a young girl who is neglected by her terminally ill mother and her abusive alcoholic father. When she meets with a local hunter, her tragic fate would seem to be sealed.
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Au Hasard Balthazar
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: Anne Wiazemsky, Philippe Asselin
Director: Robert Bresson
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Traces the life of a donkey, christened Balthazar by children. Throughout his life he is owned by many of the locals, who treat him with varying degrees of kindness. Whatever his task, Balthazar accepts his fate of living a life over which he has no control.
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Pickpocket
on DVD
(1959)
Starring: Martin LaSalle, Marika Green, Pierre Leymarie
Director: Robert Bresson
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Inspired by Dostoevsky’s 'Crime and Punishment', Robert Bresson’s Pickpocket tells the story of Michel (Martin Lasalle), a solitary young man who embarks upon a life of petty theft. Plying his trade on the city streets, racetracks and Métro system of Paris, Michel hones his sleight-of-hand skills ..read more »
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A Man Escaped
on DVD
(1956)
Starring: Francois Leterrier, François Leterrier, Charles Le Clainche
Director: Robert Bresson
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Based on a true story, 'A Man Escaped' is set in a Nazi prison in France in 1943. Fontaine is a Resistance fighter sentenced to death, and the film reconstructs his escape plan. Director Bresson won the Best Director award at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival. French dialogue.
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Diary Of A Country Priest
on DVD
(1950)
Starring: Claude Laydu, Jean Riveyre
Director: Robert Bresson
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Robert Bresson's landmark character study of one man's crisis of faith in THE DIARY OF A COUNTRY PRIEST vaulted him into the front rank of French filmmakers. The film follows a young priest as he deals with various seemingly insurmountable difficulties: the tangled animosities of the people in his ..read more »
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Template prison escape 30 March 2009
...An absolutely brilliant prison escape drama from Robert Bresson, has masterly economy, engrossing detail and genuine suspense.
This simply must be seen. The nearest Hollywoo...
a real let down 3 February 2008
