Alain Bergala

The Eden of La Ciotat (2022)

To give creativity free reign, in the space of fifty minutes: this is the strength of the documentary series Cinémas mythiques. This episode gives the critic Alain Bergala complete freedom to commemorate the original Éden de La Ciotat cinema. The oldest ...

Kiyoshi Kurosawa, au dos des images (2018)

At the invitation of Limosin and Bergala, Kiyoshi Kurosawa rediscovers his own films, first during the shooting of his French film in Paris and then in Tokyo. From his first militant films in Super 8 to his undisputed masterpieces, the Japanese director co ...

Pasolini, la passion de Rome (2014)

For Pasolini, Rome is neither just a simple setting or a place to live. Rome had a physical, carnal and passionate existence for the man and the poet. ...

Brunes et Blondes (2010)

Actresses' hairstyle in movies always carries a strong aesthetic statement associated with erotic, social, and historical meanings. In a bold and unexpected way, the film revisits this ultimate symbol of femininity in international cinema. ...

Víctor Erice: Paris-Madrid allers-retours (2010)

Bergala makes Erice wander about (DV in hand) between Madrid and Paris remembering those primeval scenes in his education as a filmmaker, retrieving places more alive than ever in his cinéphile memory. Paris-Madrid, allers-retours fuses genealogy & elegy, ...

Chaplin Today: The Kid (2003)

This documentary is featured on the two-disc Chaplin Collection DVD for "The Kid" (1921), released in 2004. ...

Fioretti de Pier Paolo Pasolini 1922/1975 (1997)

Le Temps d'un détour. Marseille au XIXe siècle (1991)

Incognito (1990)

An almost blind writer moves to a hidden property in an Alpine village with a female friend, Renata. The two play sado-masochistic games including long recitals of elaborate texts. A neighbor, Serge, gets interested in the mysterious couple. ...

Où que tu sois (1987)

Emmanuel, 37, lives in Paris with his wife, Irene, and his daughter Anne, 14 years old. He accidentally discovers that Irene is receiving mail in the remaining mail. She refuses to follow Emmanuel to Italy where he has to write a biography of Filippo Lippi ...

Subterfuge (1983)

After committing a hit and run, a man insinuates himself into the lives of the victim's family. ...

Godard Cinema (2023)

Jean-Luc Godard is synonymous with cinema. With the release of Breathless in 1960, he established himself overnight as a cinematic rebel and symbol for the era's progressive and anti-war youth. Sixty-two years and 140 films later, Godard is among the most ...

The Competition (2017)

An all-access tour behind the scenes at France's premiere film school, La Fémis. Showing us how successful candidates get to follow in the footsteps of such luminaries as Louis Malle, François Ozon and Alain Resnais, all of whom attended this prestigious ...

Once Upon a Time… Contempt (2009)

Fourty-six years since the release of Le mépris, Jean-Luc Godard watches the film again to comment on it and its tumultuous production. Featuring interviews with: Jacques Rozier, Alain Bergala, Michel Piccoli, Charles Bitsch. ...

From Rooster to Donkey: Hands and Objects (2007)

In a survey of Agnès Varda's work in short films, the director has a conversation with Anne Huet and Alain Berlaga. ...

Abbas Kiarostami: The Art of Living (2003)

Through an interview with Kiarostami in the Aran Islands and interviews with film critics and scholars at Cannes, the director examines Kiarostami's themes and methods. The director also profiles Kiarostami as a poet and a photographer. ...

Grand bonheur (1993)

This affectionate little drama captures the last summer before graduation, when these assorted film students and drama students must leave the protected world of college and venture out into the chaotic currents of everyday life. Each student has his own s ...

Cinématon XXXVI (1984)

Reel 36 of Gérard Courant's on-going Cinematon series. ...