Jean-Claude Biette
notum enim: Directing
dies natalis: 1942-11-06
Locus Natus: Paris, France
Et ut:
A Tale of Winter
Felicie and Charles have a whirlwind holiday romance. Due to a mix-up on addresses they lose contact, and five years later at Christmas-time Felicie...
release : 1992.01.29popularis : 11.685
The Mother and the Whore
Aimless young Alexandre juggles his relationships with his girlfriend, Marie, and a casual lover named Veronika. Marie becomes increasingly jealous...
release : 1973.05.01popularis : 10.678
Oncle Vania
Elegantly and carefully, Léon trains his sights both on Chekhov’s famous play written in 1896 and on its earlier, lesser known version...
release : 1997.01.01popularis : 2.623
Mange ta soupe
A young man returns to the family home to face a childhood trauma: his brother's suicide, but nobody in the family is willing to help him.
release : 1997.11.12popularis : 0.948
Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert
The full soundtrack to Marguerite Duras' 1975 film India Song, about a French ambassador's wife in 1930s India, is here repurposed with all new...
release : 1976.06.02popularis : 2.745
Céline and Julie Go Boating
Julie, a daydreaming librarian, meets Céline, an enigmatic magician, and together they become the heroines of a time-warping adventure...
release : 1974.09.18popularis : 9.271
The Garden That Tilts
Karl, a young killer is to kill Kate, an adventurous lady living in a mansion by a lake. He approaches her but fails to kill her. Instead, he falls...
release : 1975.05.14popularis : 2.231
Saltimbank
The title reflects the brand of a financial institution, the bank of the Saltim family: Frederic, the younger brother, runs the family bank; his...
release : 2003.09.10popularis : 2.213
The Adolescent
Pierre Léon ingeniously condenses and updates Dostoevsky’s novel about a 19-year-old intellectual reconnecting with his estranged family...
release : 2001.01.01popularis : 0.204
Salò: Yesterday and Today
A thirty-three-minute documentary featuring interviews with director Pier Paolo Pasolini, actor-filmmaker Jean-Claude Biette, and Pasolini friend...
release : 2002.10.24popularis : 1.824
India Song
In 1937 Calcutta, the wife of the French ambassador takes on many lovers.
release : 1975.06.04popularis : 9.531
Othon
Straub-Huillet’s first color film, adapts a lesser-known Corneille tragedy from 1664, which in turn was based on an episode of imperial court...
release : 1971.01.13popularis : 3.485
Le Château de Pointilly
A young woman escapes her father's house and goes to live in the city. There, she realises her father may still be controlling her life through the...
release : 1972.04.20popularis : 1.014
Suzanne’s Career
In the second of Rohmer's moral tales, he examines the relationship between two friends and a girl who at first appears easily exploited. It is a...
release : 1963.02.01popularis : 5.535