Robert Bresson

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Robert Bresson (25 September 1901 – 18 December 1999) was a French film director known for his spiritual, ascetic style.

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Total trailers found: 25

Mouchette Trailer (1967)

28 March 1967

A young girl living in the French countryside suffers constant indignities at the hand of alcoholism and her fellow man.

A Man Escaped Trailer (1956)

11 November 1956

A captured French Resistance fighter during World War II engineers a daunting escape from prison.

Au Hasard Balthazar Trailer (1966)

25 May 1966

The story of a donkey Balthazar as he is passed from owner to owner, some kind and some cruel but all with motivations beyond his understanding.

The Devil, Probably Trailer (1977)

15 June 1977

Charles drifts through politics, religion and psychoanalysis, rejecting them all. Once he realises the depth of his disgust with the moral and physical decline of the society he lives in, he decides that suicide is the only option.

What Is Cinema? Trailer (2013)

06 September 2013

Using the words and ideas of great filmmakers, from archival interviews with Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Bresson to new interviews with Mike Leigh, David Lynch, and Jonas Mekas, Oscar-winning filmmaker Chuck Workman shows what these filmmakers and others do that can't be expressed in words - but only in cinema.

L'Argent Trailer (1983)

18 May 1983

A forged 500-franc note is passed from person to person and shop to shop, until it falls into the hands of a genuine innocent who doesn't see it for what it is—which will have devastating consequences on his life.

Four Nights of a Dreamer Trailer (1972)

02 February 1972

Jacques, a young man with artistic aspirations, spends four nights wandering Paris with a young woman, whom he rescued from suicide.

Lancelot of the Lake Trailer (1974)

23 April 1974

Having failed in their quest for the Holy Grail, the knights of the Round Table return to Camelot, their number reduced to a mere handful.

C'était un musicien Trailer (1934)

11 May 1934

When he is not conducting his orchestra, a talented young man invents a device to thwart car thieves.

Pickpocket Trailer (1959)

16 December 1959

Michel takes up pickpocketing on a lark and is arrested soon after. His mother dies shortly after his release, and despite the objections of his only friend, Jacques, and his mother's neighbor Jeanne, Michel teams up with a couple of petty thieves in order to improve his craft.

Angels of Sin Trailer (1943)

23 June 1943

A well-off young woman decides to become a nun, joining a convent that rehabilitates female prisoners.

Diary of a Country Priest Trailer (1951)

07 February 1951

An inexperienced, sickly priest shows up in the rural French community of Ambricourt, where he joins the community's clergy.

Les Dames du bois de Boulogne Trailer (1945)

21 September 1945

A love story that follows the maneuverings of a society lady as she connives to initiate a scandalous affair between her aristocratic ex-lover and a prostitute.

A Gentle Woman Trailer (1969)

27 August 1969

When his young wife commits suicide with no explanation, an introspective pawnbroker looks back on their life together.

The Trial of Joan of Arc Trailer (1963)

13 February 1963

Rouen, Normandy, 1431, during the Hundred Years' War. After being captured by French soldiers from an opposing faction, Joan of Arc, the Maid of Orléans, is unjustly tried by an ecclesiastical court overseen by her English enemies.

Au Hasard Bresson Trailer (1967)

01 April 1967

In 1966, German film critic Theodor Kotulla — who would go on to become one of the New German Cinema's most uncompromising filmmakers — visited the set of Robert Bresson's "Mouchette" (1967) and created this half-hour documentary about the director.

Southern Carrier Trailer (1937)

22 January 1937

A pilot on one of the air mail flights between France and its African colonies has a brief romance with his distressed cousin before he returns to the call of duty, and the rebels in the desert.

Morceaux de Cannes Trailer (2021)

02 July 2021

We thought we'd seen, read, and heard everything there was to see about the Cannes Film Festival, from the glitz and gossip to the scandals and censorship.

Les Affaires publiques Trailer (1934)

01 August 1934

A slapstick comedy centered on two neighboring republics, Crogandia and Miremia, and the various disasters that befall the ceremonial unveiling of a statue, the launching of a ship, and the crash-landing of a Miremian pilot in Crogandian territory.

Bresson: Without a Trace Trailer (1965)

17 June 1965

An episode of the television program Cinéastes de notre temps in which the director gives his first on-camera interview.

Mag Bodard, un destin Trailer (2005)

01 October 2005

Mag Bodard, un destin is an archive documentary filmed for television by Anne Wiazemsky in 2005.

Un metteur en ordre: Robert Bresson Trailer (1966)

11 May 1966

A documentary, originally produced in 1966 for the French TV series "Pour le plaisir," about Robert Bresson's film "Au Hasard Balthazar," featuring interviews and discussions with Bresson, Jean-Luc Godard, Louis Malle, Marguerite Duras and others.

The Twins of Brighton Trailer (1936)

29 October 1936

Slapstick inheritance comedy based on the confusion between twin brothers, both played by the great Raimu who also plays their father.

Festivals 66 Cinéma 67 Trailer (1967)

30 May 1967

Wanderings during the Cannes and Hyères 1966 festivals. Interviews with Louise de Vilmorin, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Bresson, Jacques Rivette, Jean-Louis Comolli, François Truffaut.

The Road to Bresson Trailer (1984)

13 May 1984

A Dutch documentary about legendary French filmmaker Robert Bresson.