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Maurice Pialat

Directing Born Aug 31, 1925 Cunlhat, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France 18 credits

Biography

Maurice Pialat  (21 August 1925 – 11 January 2003) was a French film director, screenwriter and actor noted for the rigorous and unsentimental style of his films. His work is often described as being "realist", though many film critics acknowledge that it does not fit the traditional definition of realism.

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Known for

Spécial cinéma

as Self

Vivement dimanche

as Self
Film

A Nos Amours

as Le Père
Film

My Little Loves

as Henri's Friend

Emmerdale

as Inspecteur Constant

Full filmography

  • Spécial cinéma (1974) as Self
  • Vivement dimanche (1998) as Self
  • La Maison des bois (1971) as Testard, l'instituteur
  • A Nos Amours (1983) as Le Père
  • My Little Loves (1974) as Henri's Friend
  • This Man Must Die (1969) as Inspecteur Constant
  • Cinématon (1978) as N°236
  • Under the Sun of Satan (1987) as Menou-Segrais
  • Sous le soleil de Pialat (2021) as Self (archive footage)
  • Autour de L'Enfance nue (1969) as Self - Interviewee
  • One Minute for One Image (1983) as Self - Narrator
  • Lola's Lolos (1976) as The tool seller
  • Maurice Pialat, l'amour existe (2007) as Self (archival footage)
  • The Fifteen-Year-Old Widows (1964)
  • 17ème jour de tournage du film "Police" (1984) as Self
  • Grosse (1985) as Le réalisateur
  • Cinématon XXIV (1982) as N°236
  • Funny Reels (1957) as Ruby Alcow