Jean-Claude Brisseau

Des Jeunes Femmes Disparaissent - Origine et Fabrication (2018)

Two young women in crisis prepare the separation of one of them with her companion. Without knowing that they are watched by two serial killers... ...

Tempting Devils (2018)

A woman discovers curious erotic messages on a lost cell phone in the train. When she meets the owner of the phone, a liberated young woman, the two of them embark on an erotic journey. ...

Des jeunes femmes disparaissent (2014)

Two young women in crisis prepare the separation of one of them with her companion. Without knowing that they are watched by two serial killers... ...

The Girl from Nowhere (2013)

Michel, a retired math teacher, has lived alone since his wife's death and occupies his time writing an essay about the beliefs that shape daily life. One day he comes across Dora, a young homeless woman, who shows up injured on his doorstep, and puts her ...

À l'aventure (2009)

Fed up with her present lifestyle, and more particularly sexually unsatisfied by her boyfriend Fred, Sandrine decides to find a new way in life. Intrigued by her friend Sophie, who tells her about her sexual experimentations, she will find, through various ...

The Exterminating Angels (2006)

A filmmaker holds a series of boundary-pushing auditions for his latest project: a thriller on the subject of female pleasure. ...

Secret Things (2002)

Two young women find themselves struggling to survive in Paris, street-wise Nathalie, a stripper, and naïve Sandrine, a barmaid. Together, they discover that sex can be used to their advantage, and pleasure. ...

Workers for the Good Lord (2000)

After his wife leaves him, Fred goes on a cross-country crime spree in this dark but dreamy French comedy. ...

The Black Angel (1994)

Stephane, the wife of a prominent magistrate, shoots and kills a man in her home and claims he tried to rape her. While investigating her case, her lawyer becomes hopelessly enmeshed in a web of lies and subterfuges concerning her past. ...

Céline (1992)

After the death of her father, 22-year-old Céline inherits most of his estate, but gives it to her stepmother, causing her greedy fiancé to leave her. Following several failed suicide attempts, Céline is hospitalized and comes to the attention of a nurs ...

White Wedding (1989)

A philosophy professor has an illicit affair with one of his students, a bright yet troubled girl who lives alone. ...

Sound and Fury (1988)

This drama depicts the misery of neglected children in big cities. 13 years old Bruno is of a good family, but since the death of his grandmother he spends most of his time alone, in a phantasy world, while his mother is away at work. But then he befriends ...

A Brutal Game (1983)

A strict father imposes impossible guidelines on his disabled daughter which reflect his secret and tortured life. ...

The Interchange (1982)

A young boy moves with his mother into rent-controlled housing in a new banlieue. He begins sixth grade and meets a mysterious classmate. Produced for the "Contes pour enfants" television series that aired on former network Antenna-2. ...

Shadows (1982)

The life of an ordinary working class family in Bagnolet's block of council flats, Paris' suburb. "I've spent 17 years here. I sacrificed myself for you. Now it's over. " says the mother, who dreams of being a singer. Between a pre-teen rocker brother and ...

Médiumnité (1978)

A young woman unsatisfied with her life and her marriage discovers gifts of medium. ...

Life the Way It Is (1978)

Agnes leaves school and moves with a friend to a housing project in Bagnolet. Engaged as a clerk, she becomes associate staff after the dismissal of a colleague. ...

La Croisée des chemins (1976)

The peregrinations of a group of boys and girls from Paris. Two girls swap the capital for the countryside near Montpellier. One of the girls hesitates between dream world and reality.La croisée des chemins marks the start of a significant oeuvre and is a ...

Des jeunes femmes disparaissent (1976)

Second version of a short film Brisseau will remake in 2014. ...

Des jeunes femmes disparaissent (1972)

First version ...

Death in the Afternoon (1968)

A man stabbed to death is haunted by his memories and fantasies while dying alone. ...

The Afternoon of a Bored Young Man (1968)

Paris, Latin Quarter, May 1968. Images of barricades and police movements in the street. In his bedroom, on his bed, a young man indulges in daydreams that invade the whole space. ...

On Sunday Afternoon (1967)

A voice, warm and heartbreaking, that of Brisseau himself, coils over black and white images. The tone was set very quickly: "To wake up is to be born again in the world of despair." 'On Sunday afternoon' is a film all at once clinical and theoretical on m ...

Brisseau, 251 rue Marcadet (2018)

Jean-Claude Brisseau receives a film crew and some friends at his home to talk about cinema, childhood, time passing by… ...

Tempting Devils (2018)

A woman discovers curious erotic messages on a lost cell phone in the train. When she meets the owner of the phone, a liberated young woman, the two of them embark on an erotic journey. ...

The Girl from Nowhere (2013)

Michel, a retired math teacher, has lived alone since his wife's death and occupies his time writing an essay about the beliefs that shape daily life. One day he comes across Dora, a young homeless woman, who shows up injured on his doorstep, and puts her ...

L’ange et la femme: le cinéma de Jean-Claude Brisseau (2008)

Le cinéma selon Brisseau (2007)

Director Jean-Claude Brisseau discusses the making of his film Les anges exterminateurs (2006) in an interview. ...

The Black Angel (1994)

Stephane, the wife of a prominent magistrate, shoots and kills a man in her home and claims he tried to rape her. While investigating her case, her lawyer becomes hopelessly enmeshed in a web of lies and subterfuges concerning her past. ...

Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle (1987)

Two young girls meet, Reinette from the countryside and Mirabelle from Paris, and decide to take a flat together in Paris where they attend University. Four successive stories about their daily lives illustrate the very different views, characters and rela ...

A Brutal Game (1983)

A strict father imposes impossible guidelines on his disabled daughter which reflect his secret and tortured life. ...

Shadows (1982)

The life of an ordinary working class family in Bagnolet's block of council flats, Paris' suburb. "I've spent 17 years here. I sacrificed myself for you. Now it's over. " says the mother, who dreams of being a singer. Between a pre-teen rocker brother and ...

Médiumnité (1978)

A young woman unsatisfied with her life and her marriage discovers gifts of medium. ...

La Croisée des chemins (1976)

The peregrinations of a group of boys and girls from Paris. Two girls swap the capital for the countryside near Montpellier. One of the girls hesitates between dream world and reality.La croisée des chemins marks the start of a significant oeuvre and is a ...

Death in the Afternoon (1968)

A man stabbed to death is haunted by his memories and fantasies while dying alone. ...

The Afternoon of a Bored Young Man (1968)

Paris, Latin Quarter, May 1968. Images of barricades and police movements in the street. In his bedroom, on his bed, a young man indulges in daydreams that invade the whole space. ...

On Sunday Afternoon (1967)

A voice, warm and heartbreaking, that of Brisseau himself, coils over black and white images. The tone was set very quickly: "To wake up is to be born again in the world of despair." 'On Sunday afternoon' is a film all at once clinical and theoretical on m ...