Maurice Pialat

Fifteen-year-old Suzanne seeks refuge from a disintegrating family in a series of impulsive, promiscuous affairs. Her fulsome sexuality further ratchets up the suppressed passions of her narcissistic brother, insecure mother and brooding, authoritarian father.

Dir. Maurice Pialat · With Sandrine Bonnaire, Maurice Pialat, Christophe Odent

After leaving the asylum, Vincent van Gogh settles in the home of Doctor Gachet, where he keeps painting amidst the torments of his failing mental health. He begins an affair with his host’s daughter, however, she soon realizes that he doesn’t love her and that his heart beats only for art.

Dir. Maurice Pialat · With Jacques Dutronc, Alexandra London, Bernard Le Coq

A bored wife leaves her husband for an unemployed, petty criminal.

Dir. Maurice Pialat · With Isabelle Huppert, Gérard Depardieu, Guy Marchand

Satan tempts Father Dossignan, who is trying to save the soul of a young girl who killed one of her lovers.

Dir. Maurice Pialat · With Gérard Depardieu, Sandrine Bonnaire, Maurice Pialat

Mangin, a police inspector in Paris, leans hard on informants to get evidence on three Tunisian brothers who traffic in drugs. He arrests one, Simon, and his girl-friend Noria. Simon's brothers go to their lawyer. He springs Noria, who promptly steals 2 million francs that belong to the Tunisians. They suspect her of the theft; her life as well as the lawyer's is in danger. Meanwhile, Noria is playing with both the lawyer and Mangin's affections. Mangin is mercurial anyway: intimidating and bloodying suspects, falling for a police commission trainee before flipping for Noria, wearing his emotions on his sleeve. Can he save the lawyer and Noria, and can he convince her to love?

Dir. Maurice Pialat · With Gérard Depardieu, Sophie Marceau, Richard Anconina