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Robert Bresson
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Robert Bresson

French film director (1901-1999)
September 25, 1901 (December 18, 1999)
Fr. 1983. Drama by Robert Bresson with Christian Patey, Caroline Lang, Sylvie van den Elsen. Wrongly implicated in a case of counterfeit money, a young fuel delivery man is drawn into a life of crime.
Runtime: 84 min.

The Devil, Probably

V.O.: Le Diable probablement
Fr. 1977. Drama by Robert Bresson with Antoine Monnier, Tina Irissari, Henri de Maublanc. Disgusted by the world in which he is forced to live, the idle and nihilistic son of good family sinks little by little into depression and wishes to die.
Runtime: 95 min.

Lancelot of the Lake

V.O.: Lancelot du Lac
Fr. 1974. Drama by Robert Bresson with Luc Simon, Laura Duke Condominas, Humbert Balsan. Because of his love for the queen, a knight of the Round Table feels guilty for the failure of the quest for the Grail.
Runtime: 83 min.

Four Nights of a Dreamer

V.O.: Quatre Nuits d'un rêveur
Fr. 1971. Psychological drama by Robert Bresson with Isabelle Weingarten, Guillaume des Forêts, Jean-Maurice Monnoyer. A painter prevents a desperate young girl from committing suicide and falls in love with her.
Runtime: 82 min.

A Gentle Woman

V.O.: Une Femme douce
Fr. 1969. Psychological drama by Robert Bresson with Dominique Sanda, Guy Frangin, Jane Labre. At the bedside of his young wife who has just committed suicide, a man remembers their life together.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1967. Psychological drama by Robert Bresson with Nadine Nortier, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Marie Cardinal. A taciturn and unhappy teenager suffers various abuses and vexations from the adults around her.
Runtime: 99 min.
Fr. 1966. Drama by Robert Bresson with Anne Wiazemsky, François Lafarge, Philippe Asselin. The ups and downs of a young girl and the donkey she cherishes.
Runtime: 95 min.

The Trial of Joan of Arc

V.O.: Procès de Jeanne d'Arc
Fr. 1961. History by Robert Bresson with Florence Carrez, Jean-Claude Fourneau, Roger Honorat. A retelling of the trial and execution of Joan of Arc.
Runtime: 67 min.
Fr. 1959. Psychological drama by Robert Bresson with Martin Lassalle, Marika Green, Pierre Leymarie. Arrested by the police, a pickpocket is rehabilitated thanks to the memory of his mother and the sympathy of a young girl.
Runtime: 75 min.

A Man Escaped

V.O.: Un Condamné à mort s'est échappé
Fr. 1956. War drama by Robert Bresson with François Leterrier, Charles Le Clainche, Roland Monod. In 1943, a maquisard, prisoner of the Germans, patiently prepares his escape.
Runtime: 100 min.

Diary of a Country Priest

V.O.: Le Journal d'un curé de campagne
Fr. 1950. Religious drama by Robert Bresson with Claude Laydu, André Guibert, Nicole Ladmiral. The difficult ministry of a poor and sick young priest.
Runtime: 115 min.

Ladies of the Bois de Boulogne

V.O.: Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne
Fr. 1944. Psychological drama by Robert Bresson with Maria Casarès, Paul Bernard, Élina Labourdette. Abandoned by her lover, a young woman decides to take revenge by introducing him to one of her friends, an ex-dancer and occasional prostitute.
Runtime: 83 min.
Fr. 1943. Religious drama by Robert Bresson with Renée Faure, Jany Holt, Sylvie. The spiritual journey of a young nun, eager to convert a murderer.
Runtime: 85 min.

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