Bertrand Van Effenterre

La clef des champs (2014)

Fred Bonnemaison, a driven and self-centered Parisian food writer has to return to his home town, Lyon, when his mother, a lively octogenarian, runs away to join a community of free-thinking widows. ...

Tout pour l'oseille (2004)

A bunch of broke guys rob a rich con artist who has embezzled money from a charity. ...

Noces cruelles (1996)

Sunfish (1993)

A Mediterranean scrubland. The relentless noise of crickets. In the distance a highway and the procession of lorries travelling through the countryside at top speed. Among the green oaks and thorn bushes the construction of a leisure Centre is nearing comp ...

Tumultes (1990)

A death in the family. Patrick dies and his three sisters gather at their parents' home in Normandy. Anne, the oldest, is steady, married with two children, showing little emotion. Isabelle, who's cut herself off from her family for eight years, returns fr ...

Three Stanzas on the Name of Sacher (1989)

Far from Standardised visual recording, Akerman and her accomplice, the cellist Sonia Wieder-Atherton allows us to discover a fine moment of contemporary music. ...

Double Gentlemen (1986)

In a routine look at what it means to finally leave adolescence behind — even in one's mature years — this series of mood swings and sequences focuses on two grown men. Francois (Jean Francois Stevenin, the director) and Leo (Yves Alonso) are old frien ...

Côté coeur, côté jardin (1984)

Biquefarre (1984)

Biquefarre is a small farm in Aveyron. The changing economics of farming lead Raoul, in late middle age, to decide to sell and move to Toulouse. At least two neighboring farmers want to buy Biquefarre: Lucien and the young Marcel. Behind the scenes, Henri, ...

The Bastard (1983)

The erratic life of Patrice who, after having murdered the pimp of his mother to avenge the death of her, goes from town to town. ...

Mais où et donc Ornicar (1979)

They are in their thirties. They have now children, an appartment, a work, cars... and still have loves, dreams and passions. They will meet each other, leave each other, under the eye of their kids. ...

The genetic epistemology of Jean Piaget (1977)

A self-potrait of the influent Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget. ...

My Little Loves (1974)

Daniel lives with his grandmother and, after a year of high school, goes to live with his mother in the south of France; a harsher environment which rapidly changes his perception of friends, work, and women. ...

Erica Minor (1974)

Crossed portraits of three women each living in the aftermath of the events of May 1968. ...

The Lady Kills (1971)

The film tells the story of Françoise Frémont, who travels across Europe on an apparently random killing spree, bumping off a series of increasingly odious men. From Swinging London to the eternal city of Rome, she leave a trail of dead bodies and the qu ...

The Elegant Criminal (1990)

On 9 January 1836, Pierre Lacenaire goes to the guillotine, a murderer and a thief. He gives Allard, a police inspector, his life story, written while awaiting execution. He also asks Allard to care for Hermine, a lass to whom he has been guardian for more ...

Employment Offer (1982)

A man looks for a job, ignoring the selection process of employees. Part of "Contes modernes: A propos du travail. ...