Orson Welles at the Cinémathèque Française

Orson Welles at the Cinémathèque Française

On April 24th, 1982, when Orson Welles was invited to Paris to receive the Légion d'honneur from François Mitterand, a lively filmed interview took...

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The Pit and the Pendulum

The Pit and the Pendulum

A haunting short version of Edgar Allan Poe's famous story about a cruel and unusual punishment inflicted on a victim of the Spanish Inquisition...

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The Making of The Lover

The Making of The Lover

13 Days in the Life of Pablo Picasso

13 Days in the Life of Pablo Picasso

A French documentary charting the life of the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso through the events of 13 significant days of his life, including his...

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Chasing Butterflies

Chasing Butterflies

Two old ladies live in a French chateau. When one of them dies, her sister, who lives in Moscow, inherits the property, which soon ends up in the...

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A Little Monastery in Tuscany

A Little Monastery in Tuscany

It is a brief documentary which records the life of five Augustinian monks in the little monastery of Castelnuovo dell'Abate, a Tuscan village, as...

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Gilles Deleuze from A to Z

Gilles Deleuze from A to Z

The eight-hour series of interviews between Gilles Deleuze and Claire Parnet, filmed by Pierre-André Boutang in 1988-1989.

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Journey of a “Cine-Son”

Journey of a “Cine-Son”

Serge Daney, the most influential film critic after André Bazin, interviewed by Régis Debray a few months before his death.

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Louis Malle - Un cinéaste français

Louis Malle - Un cinéaste français

This documentary is an account of the life and work of Louis Malle, a unique figure in cinema, who was one of the world's best-known French film...

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Duras/Godard

Duras/Godard

Alexandre Soljenitsyne, le combat d'un homme

Alexandre Soljenitsyne, le combat d'un homme

Polanski par Polanski

Polanski par Polanski

Roman Polanski hasn't given an interview for many years. However, in the conversation from 2006 with the author Pierre-André Boutang, illustrated...

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1917: La révolution russe

1917: La révolution russe

Ciné regards: Tess: Roman Polanski

Ciné regards: Tess: Roman Polanski

Television documentary about the making of Roman Polanski's 1979 film, Tess.

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Picasso Days

Picasso Days

Based on the Spanish artist's diaries, sketches and paintings, Pierre Philippe's film for the international documentary strand charts 13 days in...

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Claude Lévi-Strauss par lui-même

Claude Lévi-Strauss par lui-même

In what way can reflecting on worlds very far from our own, either in space or time, bear relevance for us today? Is there a scientific legacy - a...

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Conversation avec Henri Langlois

Conversation avec Henri Langlois

Henri Langlois, interviewed in the Cinema Museum at the Palais de Chaillot, talks about his vision of cinema's past, present and future, before a...

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Satyajit ray, calcutta 89

Satyajit ray, calcutta 89