Néstor Almendros Movie Trailers

The Blue Lagoon Trailer (1980)

05 July 1980

Two small children and a ship's cook survive a shipwreck and find safety on an idyllic tropical island.

The Valley Trailer (1972)

11 July 1972

Viviane, a French Consul's wife, is in New Guinea to find exotic feathers for export to Paris. She encounters four European travelers who are en route to "La Vallée": The Valley, high in the Guinean mountains, is shown on maps as 'obscured by clouds' and is beyond their previous experiences.

Sophie's Choice Trailer (1982)

08 December 1982

Stingo, a young writer, moves to Brooklyn in 1947 to begin work on his first novel. As he becomes friendly with Sophie and her lover Nathan, he learns that she is a Holocaust survivor.

Maîtresse Trailer (1976)

11 February 1976

After breaking into a house he believes is empty, thief Olivier is caught by the owner, Ariane, who turns out to be a dominatrix.

Kramer vs. Kramer Trailer (1979)

07 December 1979

Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him.

Days of Heaven Trailer (1978)

13 September 1978

In 1916, a Chicago steel worker accidentally kills his supervisor and flees to the Texas panhandle with his girlfriend and little sister to work harvesting wheat in the fields of a stoic farmer.

A Movie Capital Trailer (1991)

12 October 1991

This film is a record of the first Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival. It reflects the various ways the festival was given shape by nascent global changes embodied by Perestroika, the Tiananmen Square massacre, and many other contemporaneous events.

More Trailer (1969)

04 August 1969

A German student, Stefan, now finished with his studies, hitchhikes to Paris. There he meets a free-spirited American girl, Estelle, who he follows to Ibiza.

Heartburn Trailer (1986)

25 July 1986

She's a magazine writer who gives up her career for love and family. He's a playboy newspaper columnist who can't quite give up his old tricks.

Places in the Heart Trailer (1984)

11 September 1984

In 1935 rural Texas, recently widowed Edna Spaulding struggles to survive with two small children, a farm to run, and very little money in the bank - not to mention a deadly tornado and the unwelcome presence of the Ku Klux Klan.

Billy Bathgate Trailer (1991)

01 November 1991

In the year 1935, a teen named Billy Bathgate finds first love while becoming the protégé of fledgling gangster Dutch Schultz.

Goin' South Trailer (1978)

06 October 1978

Henry Moon is captured for a capital offense by a posse when his horse quits while trying to escape to Mexico.

Bed and Board Trailer (1970)

09 September 1970

Parisian everyman Antoine Doinel has married his sweetheart Christine Darbon, and the newlyweds have set up a cozy domestic life of selling flowers and giving violin lessons while Antoine fitfully works on his long-gestating novel.

Love in the Afternoon Trailer (1972)

01 September 1972

Frederic leads a bourgeois life; he is a partner in a small Paris office and is happily married to Helene, a teacher expecting her second child.

New York Stories Trailer (1989)

10 March 1989

Three tales of love, ambition, and neurosis unfold in the city that never sleeps. In "Life Lessons" (Martin Scorsese), a tormented painter channels heartbreak into his art.

General Assembly Trailer (1960)

01 July 1960

In Asamblea general (1960), the documentary about Fidel's address of the First Declaration of Havana in the Plaza of the Revolution, Alea practises what becomes a sustaining Cuban contribution to documentary.

Love on the Run Trailer (1979)

24 January 1979

Now in his thirties, Antoine Doinel is a divorced proofreader in love with a record seller. Colette Tazzi, now a lawyer, buys his first published autobiography, leading them to a chance meeting.

The Story of Adèle H. Trailer (1975)

08 October 1975

In the 19th century a mysterious woman named Adele H. crosses the ocean, from Europe to North America, to relentlessly pursue a handsome officer that denies her satisfaction.

The Last Metro Trailer (1980)

17 September 1980

In occupied Paris, an actress wed to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis while doing both of their jobs.

My Little Loves Trailer (1974)

20 December 1974

Daniel lives with his grandmother and, after a year of high school, goes to live with his mother in the south of France; a harsher environment which rapidly changes his perception of friends, work, and women.

Cockfighter Trailer (1974)

01 August 1974

A man who trains fighting cocks vows to remain silent until one of his birds wins a championship.

Still of the Night Trailer (1982)

19 November 1982

When one of his patients is found murdered, psychiatrist Dr. Sam Rice is visited by the investigating officer but refuses to give up any information.

Pauline at the Beach Trailer (1983)

23 March 1983

Marion is about to divorce from her husband and takes her 15-year-old niece, Pauline, on a vacation to Granville.

Place de l'Étoile Trailer (1965)

19 May 1965

Éric Rohmer's short for the portmanteau film Paris vu par (Six in Paris, 1965), concerning a haberdasher and his umbrella.

A Daily Mix-up Trailer (1950)

31 December 1950

A short film based on a story by Franz Kafka. Two men meet to resolve an issue, but are unable to do so due to a series of adverse circumstances.

Nobody Listened Trailer (1987)

08 January 1987

A documentary about the Cuban Revolution's transition into an authoritarian dictatorship, including repression, imprisonment, torture, and execution of political dissidents, while the rest of the world turned a blind eye.

The Wild Child Trailer (1970)

26 February 1970

The true story of Victor of Aveyron. In a French forest circa 1798, an abandoned child — feral, filthy and mentally impaired — is found.

Madame Rosa Trailer (1977)

02 November 1977

Madame Rosa lives in a sixth-floor walkup in the Pigalle; she's a retired prostitute, Jewish and an Auschwitz survivor, a foster mom to children of other prostitutes.

Claire's Knee Trailer (1970)

11 December 1970

On the eve of his wedding, on holiday on the Lake Annecy shore, a career diplomat visits an old acquaintance, perhaps a former girlfriend.

The Man Who Loved Women Trailer (1977)

27 April 1977

At Bertrand Morane's burial there are many of the women that the 40-year-old engineer loved. In flashback Bertrand's life and love affairs are told by himself while writing an autobiographical novel.

Entire Days in the Trees Trailer (1977)

09 February 1977

An old lady returns from Africa where she made a fortune to find her son in Paris, whom she has not seen in five years, with the intention of bringing him back with her.

La Collectionneuse Trailer (1967)

02 March 1967

A bombastic, womanizing art dealer and his painter friend go to a seventeenth-century villa on the Riviera for a relaxing summer getaway.

My Night at Maud's Trailer (1969)

04 June 1969

The Catholic Jean-Louis runs into an old friend, the Marxist Vidal, in Clermont-Ferrand around Christmas.

Nadine Trailer (1987)

07 August 1987

Hairdresser Nadine Hightower wants to retrieve the risqué photos she once posed for, but when she visits the photographer at his office, he's murdered by an intruder.

The Marquise of O Trailer (1976)

19 May 1976

A German Marquise has to deal with a pregnancy she cannot explain and an infatuated Russian Count.

Confidentially Yours Trailer (1983)

10 August 1983

After he's implicated in several murders, a real estate agent goes on the lam while his intrepid secretary does some private investigating of her own to locate the killer.

Visions of Light Trailer (1992)

17 September 1992

Cameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography and of the "DP" (the director of photography), illustrating their points with clips from 100 films, from Birth of a Nation to Do the Right Thing.

Nadja in Paris Trailer (1964)

01 January 1964

Nadja is a guest student, who stays at Cité Universitaire and visits the Sorbonne, while preparing a thesis on Proust; she also likes to stroll about Paris.

A Modern Coed Trailer (1966)

01 January 1966

Eric Rohmer directs this short documentary that narrates the presence of women in French universities as of the time of its release -- 1966.

Two English Girls Trailer (1971)

18 November 1971

In the early 20th-century, Frenchman Claude meets Englishwoman Ann in Paris. Ann invites him to her family home, intending him for her sister Muriel.

Perceval Trailer (1978)

08 October 1978

The film chronicles Perceval's knighthood, maturation and eventual peerage amongst the Knights of the Round Table, and also contains brief episodes from the story of Gawain and the crucifixion of Christ.

General Idi Amin Dada Trailer (1974)

29 May 1974

Filmmaker Barbet Schroeder shows the Ugandan dictator meeting his Cabinet, reviewing his troops, explaining his ideology.

The Wild Racers Trailer (1968)

27 March 1968

Promising young racing car driver Joe Joe Quillico leaves the stock car racing scene in the United States in order to pursue Grand Prix racing in Europe.

Alekan, la lumière Trailer (1988)

04 August 1988

An episode of the show "Océaniques " about the craft and lighting techniques of the legendary Frencn

The Green Room Trailer (1978)

05 April 1978

A widower maintains a memorial room filled with his late wife's belongings. When fire destroys it, he transforms a chapel into a new shrine to preserve her memory.

The Gun Runner Trailer (1969)

01 January 1969

Government agents hire a mercenary to infiltrate a crime ring that's selling guns to a right-wing militia in Texas.

The Mouth Agape Trailer (1974)

08 May 1974

Monique is dying of cancer, lying in bed in the apartment above the store her family owns. Her philandering husband carries on with life, her son remains aloof, and her daughter-in-law wonders if she is witnessing her own decline.

A Farmer in Montfaucon Trailer (1968)

01 January 1968

In just a few simple lines, a picture of the French countryside in the 1960s: the last moments of a disappearing, changing world.

Change of Sex Trailer (1977)

13 March 1977

Young José María goes through a painful journey until he discovers that he is a transsexual.

Made in Milan Trailer (1990)

04 September 1990

As he prepares for a show, fashion designer Giorgio Armani discusses his principles of fashion, his family history and the city of Milan.

Six in Paris Trailer (1965)

19 May 1965

Six vignettes set in different sections of Paris, by six directors. St. Germain des Pres (Douchet), Gare du Nord (Rouch), Rue St.

Improper Conduct Trailer (1984)

21 March 1984

The story of the persecution of homosexuals and intellectuals in Cuba under Fidel Castro's dictatorship, from the beginning of the Cuban Revolution (1953-59) until the early 1980s.

Sing Sing Trailer (1971)

01 January 1971

Short film on the ceremony of ‘Sing Sing’ practised by Papua New Guinea’s tribes.

People at the Beach Trailer (1960)

01 January 1960

"...it had no plot. The film was more a study of people's behavior, shot in 16mm with a hand-held camera, which was hidden most of the time.

Saint-Germain-des-Prés Trailer (1965)

01 January 1965

An American art student thinks she's found love with a handsome prince, but things are not what they appear to be.

El Tomate Trailer (1959)

01 January 1959

An educational documentary film about planting and harvesting tomatoes.

Santa Claus Has Blue Eyes Trailer (1966)

04 May 1966

Daniel needs some money to buy a duffle coat that is in fashion, so he agrees to work for a photographer by dressing up as Santa Claus.

Pork with Sweet Potatoes Trailer (1971)