Virginie Apiou

Ozu: The Filmmaker of Happiness

In the later part of his oeuvre, the famous Japanese filmmaker Yasujirō Ozu looks at the society of post-war Japan through family stories from the lower middle class. Arte has compiled a decalogy of 10 films from this period from the director's creative work. This short documentary film, created in this context, explains the film works using fragments of Ozu's notes, which he wrote between 1933 and 1963, elegant drawings and film clips. A fine insight into the themes and aesthetics of this moving cinema about intimacy and the passage of time and a fascinating journey into the moving final part of the Japanese master's work.

Ozu: The Filmmaker of Happiness

In the later part of his oeuvre, the famous Japanese filmmaker Yasujirō Ozu looks at the society of post-war Japan through family stories from the lower middle class. Arte has compiled a decalogy of 10 films from this period from the director's creative work. This short documentary film, created in this context, explains the film works using fragments of Ozu's notes, which he wrote between 1933 and 1963, elegant drawings and film clips. A fine insight into the themes and aesthetics of this moving cinema about intimacy and the passage of time and a fascinating journey into the moving final part of the Japanese master's work.

Jean-Pierre Mocky, libre et sentimental

A journey into the mind of French actor and director Jean-Pierre Mocky (1929-2019), author of films both playful and profound, of an impressive richness.

Jean-Pierre Mocky, libre et sentimental

A journey into the mind of French actor and director Jean-Pierre Mocky (1929-2019), author of films both playful and profound, of an impressive richness.

Ida Lupino, une cinéaste !

Star actress of the Golden Age of Hollywood, Ida Lupino establish herself as a director after World War 2. Here's the portrait of an independant filmmaker, whose films, imbued with dark realism, have to be rediscovered.

Ida Lupino, une cinéaste !

Star actress of the Golden Age of Hollywood, Ida Lupino establish herself as a director after World War 2. Here's the portrait of an independant filmmaker, whose films, imbued with dark realism, have to be rediscovered.

Kenji Mizoguchi, le cinéaste à la cicatrice dans le dos

This is a scar born from a knife strike in the back of the young Mizoguchi, coming from an enamoured jealous prostitute. This event enabled him to become the great cineast of women, and much more !

François Truffaut: Des films d'amour !

"I only film people who are always active. Even if their activity is strange, weird." The activity François Truffaut talks about here is love. Romantic or filial love. Love as an educational, political and social action. The love imagined by a filmmaker who wanted to show that love is within everyone's reach ! To gather Truffaut's formulas in a documentary rekindles how Truffaut communicates the essential.

La Roue - A restored Masterpiece

A short documentary about the long silent film "La Roue" and especially about its very costly and time consuming restauration from various sources, negatives and low grade copies, musical cues and based on the original script.

La Roue - A restored Masterpiece

A short documentary about the long silent film "La Roue" and especially about its very costly and time consuming restauration from various sources, negatives and low grade copies, musical cues and based on the original script.

Eric Rohmer, je vais vous raconter une histoire

Françoise Etchegaray and Mary Stephen, who worked with Rohmer, talk about his Tales of four seasons.