The poetry of precision: the films of Robert Bresson

Document author(s):

James Quandt

Document source:

Cinematheque Ontario/a division of Toronto International Film Festival Group

Publication date:

1998

Document language:

English

Document type:

program note

Number of pages:

7

Document name subject:

Robert Bresson

Document contains:

production co

Related films:

• Les affaires publiques — Bresson, Robert — France — 1934
• Les anges du péché (Angels of sin) — Bresson, Robert — France — 1943
• Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne (The ladies of the Bois de Boulogne) — Bresson, Robert — France — 1945
• Le journal d'un curé de campagne (Diary of a country priest) — Bresson, Robert — France — 1951
• Un condamné à mort s'est échappé (A man escaped) — Bresson, Robert — France — 1956
• Pickpocket — Bresson, Robert — France — 1959
• Le procès de Jeanne d'Arc (The trial of Joan of Arc) — Bresson, Robert — France — 1962
• Au hasard Balthazar (Balthazar) — Bresson, Robert — France; Sweden — 1966
• Mouchette — Bresson, Robert — France — 1967
• Une femme douce (A gentle creature) — Bresson, Robert — France — 1969
• Quatre nuits d'un rêveur (Four nights of a dreamer) — Bresson, Robert — France; Italy — 1971
• Lancelot du lac (Lancelot of the lake) — Bresson, Robert — France; Italy — 1974
• Le Diable probablement (The Devil, probably) — Bresson, Robert — France — 1977
• L'argent (Money) — Bresson, Robert — Switzerland; France — 1983
• De weg naar Bresson (The way to Bresson) — Rood, Jurriën; de Boer, Leo — Netherlands — 1984

Film country(ies):

France, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland

Film language(s):

Dutch, English, and French

Film production company:

Agnès Delahaie, Albina Productions, Arc Films, Argos Films, Athos Films, Eos Films, Film dell'Orso, France 3 Cinéma, Gaumont, Laser Production, Les Films Raoul Ploquin, Mara Film, Marianne Production S.A., Marion's Films, Office de radiodiffusion-télévision française, Parc Film, Sunchild Productions, Svensk Filmindustri, Svenska Filminstitutet, Synops, UGC Images France SA., and Victoria Film Production

Film genre(s):

Adaptation, Biographical, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Feature, Prison, and War

Film subject(s):

• Arthur, King -- Legends -- Drama
• Arthur, King -- Romances -- Drama
• Bresson, Robert
• Convents -- France -- Drama
• Counterfeits and counterfeiting -- Drama
• Country life -- France -- Drama
• Criminals -- France -- Drama
• Donkeys -- Drama
• Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881 -- Film and video adaptations
• Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881. Prestuplenie i nakazanie -- Film and video adaptations
• Faith -- Drama
• France -- History -- 15th century -- Drama
• Girls -- France -- Drama
• Joan, of Arc, Saint, 1412-1431 -- Drama
• Lancelot (Legendary character) -- Drama
• Malory, Thomas, Sir, 15th cent. Morte d'Arthur -- Film and video adaptations
• Man-woman relationships -- Drama
• Man-woman relationships -- France -- Drama
• Marriage -- Drama
• Murder -- France -- Drama
• Nuns -- France -- Drama
• Pickpockets -- France -- Drama
• Politicians -- France -- Drama
• Priests, Catholic -- France -- Drama
• Prisoners of war -- France -- Drama
• Prostitutes -- France -- Drama
• Revenge -- Drama
• Self-sacrifice -- Drama
• Sexual attraction -- Drama
• Suicide -- Psychological aspects -- Drama
• Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910 -- Film and video adaptations
• Underground movements -- France -- Drama
• Women ex-convicts -- France -- Drama
• Working class -- France -- Social conditions -- Drama
• World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Drama
• Youth -- France -- Drama
• Youth -- France -- Moral conditions -- Drama

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