Films with: Coutard, Raoul

Aveu The confession /

The master of the political thriller became an instant phenomenon after the mammoth success of Z, and he quickly followed it with the perhaps even more riveting. Based on a harrowing true story, influential Czechoslovak dignitary who, in the early fifties, was abducted, imprisoned, and interrogated by fellow members of his country's Communist ruling party, their intentions vague, their methods terrifying.

DVD 11113

À bout de souffle Breathless /

A small-time criminal kills a police officer, setting in motion a tragic series of events for both himself and his American girlfriend. Tells the story of Michel, a handsome young criminal, who is on the run after stealing a car and killing a policeman. He hides out in the Paris apartment of his American girlfriend and together they dodge the police, make love and steal cars to finance a trip to Italy. As the police net tightens, Michel becomes more desperate and his girlfriend commits the ultimate act of betrayal.

DVD 1883

Chronique d'un été (Paris 1960) Chronicle of a summer /

By interviewing a group of Paris residents in the summer of 1960, Rouch and Morin reveal the hopes and dreams of a wide array of people and give us a document of a time and place with extraordinary depth.

DVD 9476

Dr. Bethune

"Filmed across three continents in Canada, Spain and China, DR. BETHUNE recounts the epic story of one of this century's greatest heroes, Dr. Norman Bethune. When he is run out of Montreal by his contemporaries in the 1930s for his visionary, humanistic approach to medicine, Dr. Bethune begins his lifelong quest to bring political justice and medical progress to the world. ... From his work in the battlefields alongside the Loyalists in the Spanish Civil War, to his years as Chairman Mao's appointee during China's fight against fascism, Dr. Bethune's story is one of courage and relentless determination."--Container. The epic story of one of this century's greatest heroes, Dr. Norman Bethune, whose visionary, humanistic approach to medicine drove him to a lifelong quest to bring political justice and medical progress to the world.

DVD 13164

Jean-Luc Godard

Passion: A Godard-like director is trying to film a movie in the style of the great painters--Rembrandt, Goya, El Greco. The film is plagued by difficulties as the money for the film begins to run out, he can't seem to find the right lighting and the film has no story. In the middle of this intense situation, he starts a simultaneous affair with two women. Hanna, the owner of the hotel, and Isabelle, a factory worker who is trying to stir up a revolt. First name: Carmen: Carmen, a member of a terrorist gang, seduces the hapless policeman Joseph, who tries to arrest her during a bank robbery. Fleeing together, they hide out with her eccentric uncle until the restless Carmen leads them to an absurd doom. The film is set in contemporary France. Detective: Set amidst the confines of a decaying Parisian hotel, plot is set in motion when a miserably married couple attempt to collect a debt from mob-plagued boxing manager, the mischievously named Jim Fox Warner. Meanwhile, a house detective tries to solve an old murder case. It is a take on modern morality and popular culture. Oh, woe is me: God may have entered the body of Simon to experience love and desire with Simon's wife Rachel; based in part on the Greek legend of Amphitryon. The film is set in a small Swiss town on Lake Geneva.

DVD 5424

Lola

Drama about a woman who must choose among three men. Restoration was done in 2000 by Ciné-Tamaris.

DVD 3830

Made in U.S.A.

Paula, a leftist writer, goes from Paris to the French town of Atlantic-Cité when she learns of the death of a former colleague and lover, Richard P.

DVD 9882

Making of Rocky road to Dublin

Discusses the making of the film, Rocky road to Dublin, and its reception at the Cannes festival and afterwards in Ireland and elsewhere. Includes interviews with Peter Lennon, who made the film, and Raoul Coutard, who did the photography.

DVD 4005

Mépris Contempt /

Asked to write a screenplay for an American producer, a young French dramatist and his wife visit the producer's villa in Capri. There the wife and producer engage in an affair, and she decides to leave her husband. However, something quite unexpected happens.

DVD 2225

Pierrot le fou

Leaving wife and child behind, Ferdinand takes off on a wild adventure with the babysitter Marianne. As they become entangled with murder and gangsters, mysterious events destroy their happiness and lead to an explosive finale.

DVD 711

Rocky road to Dublin

Portrait of Ireland in the 1960s, a society characterized by a stultifying educational system, a repressive and morally reactionary clergy, and a myopic cultural nationalism. Amidst scenes of everyday Irish life, the film blend interviews with writers Sean O'Faolain and Conor Cruise O'Brien, theater producer Jim Fitzgerald, film director John Huston, Father Michael Cleary, and others.

DVD 4003

Weekend

Determined to collect an inheritance from a dying relative, a bourgeois couple travel across the French countryside while civilization crashes and burns around them. Featuring a justly famous centerpiece sequence in which the camera tracks along a seemingly endless traffic jam, and rich with historical and literary references, is a surreally funny and disturbing call for revolution, a depiction of society retreating to savagery, and, according to the credits, the end of cinema itself. Includes bonus features.

DVD 9356

Z

A Greek pacifist leader is murdered at a rally. Despite the official police report of accidental death, a journalist's persistent questioning leads to a full-scale investigation, revealing corruption in high places.

DVD 7069