Known for Production
Born
October 2, 1913
Died
September 4, 1997 (age 83)
Birthplace
Paris, France
Filmography
11 films


The Imprint of Giants
1980 · 2h 20m
country: France
The life of workers and their families in a construction site of a highway in 1965.


Violette Nozière
1978 · 2h 4m
country: France
Paris, 1933. The daughter of a respectable lower middle class couple, Violette Nozière, leads a disreputable double life. Far from being the innocent 18-year-old her parents mistake her for, she spends her nights with dissolute young men in the less salubrious areas of the city.


Blood Relatives
1978 · 1h 40m
country: Canada
A Montreal police inspector cracks a murder case with clues from the victim's diary.


Alice or the Last Escapade
1977 · 1h 33m
country: France
One night Alice can't stand her husband anymore and she decides to leave him. It's a dark, rainy night and something smashes the windshield so Alice is forced to seek shelter in an old mansion. She is warmly welcomed but soon realises that strange things are happening. She tries to escape but it seems there's no way out.


The Hornet's Nest
1976 · 1h 30m
country: France
A compulsive gambler must steal a suitcase full of money, which is also coveted by Melba, a cabaret singer. A getaway ensues.


Le Samouraï
1967 · 1h 45m
country: France
After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts, finds himself caught between a persistent police investigator and a ruthless employer, and not even his armor of fedora and trench coat can protect him.


Mata Hari, Agent H21
1964 · 1h 38m
country: France
Ordered to seduce French captain and steal from him classified papers, Mata Hari, an exotic dancer and a spy, instead falls in love with him and blows the cover.


Death, Where Is Your Victory?
1964 · 1h 40m
country: France
Feeling complicit in a heinous act of her husband, a woman sinks into decay, then recovers and becomes a nun


Therese
1962 · 1h 49m
country: France
Thérèse is living in a provincial town, unhappily married to Bernard, a dull, pompous man whose only interest is preserving his family name and property. They live in an isolated country mansion surrounded by servants. Early in her marriage her only comforts are her fondness for Bernard's pine-tree forest, which was her primary reason for marrying him, and her love for her sister-in-law and Bernard's half-sister, Anne. The movie recounts in flashback the circumstances that led to her being charged with poisoning her husband.