Louis Malle

A Master Builder (2014)

A successful, ego-maniacal architect who has spent a lifetime bullying his wife, employees and mistresses wants to make peace as his life approaches its final act. ...

Ekeb of Dekye (2010)

Takahiko Tokito is a doctor at a big medical corporation. He has decided to run away with his lover, the wife of the president of his company. But before he is able to leave, he has to kill her husband and make it look like suicide. ...

The Ogre (1996)

Frenchman Abel Tiffauges is a naive man who lives a simple life working as a mechanic. Falsely accused of being a child abuser, he is recruited as a soldier when World War II begins, but is captured soon and taken to the heart of Nazi Germany. ...

Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)

An uninterrupted rehearsal of Chekhov's 'Uncle Vanya' plays out by a company of actors. The setting: their run-down theater with an unusable stage and crumbling ceiling. The play is shown act by act with the briefest of breaks to move props or for refreshm ...

Damage (1992)

The life of a respected British politician at the height of his career crumbles when he becomes obsessed with his son's lover. ...

May Fools (1990)

During the events of May 1968 in France, different worldviews of conflicting relatives collide in their family estate. ...

Au Revoir les Enfants (1987)

Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths enjoy true camaraderie—until a secret is revealed. Ba ...

… And the Pursuit of Happiness (1986)

In 1986, Louis Malle examines the immigrant experience in America by interviewing newcomers from various professions nationwide, highlighting their struggles in a multicultural society. ...

God's Country (1985)

In 1979, Louis Malle films the thriving lives of a Minnesota farming community, but returns six years later to document its drastic economic decline, offering a poignant look at the impact of political changes. ...

Alamo Bay (1985)

A despondent Vietnam veteran in danger of losing his livelihood is pushed to the edge when he sees Vietnamese immigrants moving into the fishing industry in a Texas bay town. ...

Crackers (1984)

Down-and-out Weslake is reduced to minding the counter at a San Francisco pawn shop when he stumbles onto a scheme by some of the boss's disgruntled misfit clients to rob the place. Rather than blow the whistle, however, he insinuates himself as the heist' ...

My Dinner with Andre (1981)

Two old friends meet for dinner; as one tells anecdotes detailing his experiences, the other notices their differing worldviews. ...

Atlantic City (1980)

In a corrupt city, a small-time gangster and the estranged wife of a pot dealer find themselves thrown together in an escapade of love, money, drugs and danger. ...

Pretty Baby (1978)

In 1917 New Orleans, a 12-year-old girl is raised in a brothel by her prostitute mother. ...

Black Moon (1975)

There is a global civil war between men and women. A teenage girl tries to escape this reality and arrives at a hidden place where a strange unicorn lives with a family: sister, brother, many children and an old, bedridden woman who stays in contact with t ...

Place de la République (1974)

Louis Malle presents his entertaining snapshot of the comings and goings on one street corner in Paris. ...

A Human Condition (1974)

Louis Malle's meditative investigation of the inner workings of a French automotive plant. ...

Lacombe, Lucien (1974)

In Louis Malle's lauded drama, Lucien Lacombe is a young man living in rural France during World War II who seeks to join the French Resistance. When he is rejected due to his youth, the resentful Lucien allies himself with the Nazis and joins the Gallic a ...

Français, si vous saviez (1973)

This almost 8 hour humongous 1973 documentary by two of the filmmakers who made The Sorrow and the Pity recounts fifty years of the history of France from the 1920s to 1972. It is particularly thorough in documenting the significance and rise to power of C ...

Murmur of the Heart (1971)

This loosely plotted coming-of-age tale follows the life of 15-year-old Laurent Chevalier as he stumbles his way over the burgeoning swell of adolescence in 1950s France. After having his first sexual experience with a prostitute and dodging the lips of a ...

Calcutta (1969)

When he was cutting "Phantom India," Louis Malle found that the footage shot in Calcutta was so diverse, intense, and unforgettable that it deserved its own film. The result, released theatrically, is at times shocking—a chaotic portrait of a city engulf ...

William Wilson (1968)

A sadistic soldier is haunted by his doppelgänger. ...

Spirits of the Dead (1968)

Anthology film from three European directors based on stories by Edgar Allan Poe: a cruel countess haunted by a ghostly horse, a sadistic young man haunted by his double, and an alcoholic actor haunted by the Devil. ...

The Thief of Paris (1967)

In turn-of-the-century Paris, Georges Randal is brought up by his wealthy uncle, who steals his inheritance. Georges hopes to marry his cousin Charlotte, but his uncle arranges for her to marry a rich neighbour. In retaliation, Georges steals the fiancé's ...

Young Törless (1966)

At an Austrian boys' boarding school in the early 1900s, shy, intelligent Törless observes the sadistic behavior of his fellow students, doing nothing to help a victimized classmate—until the torture goes too far. Adapted from Robert Musil's acclaimed n ...

Viva Maria! (1965)

1907 Central America: Maria II is the daughter of an Irish terrorist. After her father's death, she meets Maria I, a performer, and decides to stay with the circus, and on her debut as a singer, unintentionally invents the striptease and makes the circus f ...

The Thief of Tibadabo (1965)

In this lighthearted crime comedy, Nicolas is a Barcelona ice cream vendor who inadvertently helps a friend who has just committed a robbery. He is chased by several shady underworld characters trying to get their hands on the stolen loot. ...

Best Regards from Bangkok (1964)

A documentary short for "Five Columns à la une". ...

The Fire Within (1963)

Depressed Alain Leroy leaves the clinic where he was detoxified. He meets friends, acquaintances and women, trying to find a reason to continue living. ...

Vive Le Tour (1962)

A short documentary about the 1962 Tour-de-France. Topics covered include: crowds of people and motorcycles, drinking raids and feeding, pileups, doping, "the charge," and the mountain stages. ...

A Very Private Affair (1962)

After achieving fame as a movie star, a woman finds her private life invaded by relentless fans, leading her mother's ex-lover to intervene and offer protection. ...

Zazie dans le Métro (1960)

A brash and precocious ten-year-old comes to Paris for a whirlwind weekend with her rakish uncle. ...

The Lovers (1958)

A shallow, provincial wife finds her relationship with her preoccupied husband strained by romantic notions, leading her further towards Paris and the country wilderness. ...

Elevator to the Gallows (1958)

A self-assured businessman murders his employer, husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events. ...

The Silent World (1956)

Join renowned explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau as he investigates aquatic habitats worldwide, showcasing whales, sharks, and diverse marine life. The film highlights the brutal realities of nature while capturing the wonder of underwater exploration, as the ...

Station 307 (1955)

A documentary account of a research expedition to the Persian Gulf, following a BP-sponsored underwater survey near Bahrain in search of oil. Featuring Jacques Cousteau and the research vessel Calypso, the film captures early scientific diving and marine e ...

La Fontaine-de-Vaucluse (1955)

Follows the scientific research carried out in the natural cavity of Fontaine-de-Vaucluse by Cousteau and OFRS (French Underwater Research Office) divers, who reach for the first time a depth of 243 ft. ...

Crazeologie (1954)

Louis Malle's student film, featuring the title song by Charlie Parker. ...

La Vie en Gris: The Anglophone Louis Malle in Seven Pictures (2022)

Filmmaker Louis Malle worked adjacent to the French Nouvelle Vague, but was admittedly never fully part of it, cementing his reputation instead with films like Elevator to the Gallows (1958), Zazie dans le Metro (1960), and Murmur of the Heart (1971), amon ...

Becoming Cousteau (2021)

Adventurer, filmmaker, inventor, author, unlikely celebrity and conservationist: For over four decades, Jacques-Yves Cousteau and his explorations under the ocean became synonymous with a love of science and the natural world. As he learned to protect the ...

L'affaire Matzneff (2020)

About the Gabriel Matzneff affair and pedophilia in French culture and society from the 1950s to the present day. "It was not very difficult to know who Matzneff was at the time." Vanessa Springora denounces thus, in an interview with the Parisian , the su ...

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (2019)

An immersive look at the eventful life and brilliant artistic career of visionary American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (1926-1991). ...

Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit (2018)

An account of the life of actress Jeanne Moreau (1928-2017), a true icon of the New Wave and one of the most idolized French movie stars. ...

Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown (2016)

Since the early days, Jerry Lewis—in the line of Chaplin, Keaton and Laurel—had the masses laughing with his visual gags, pantomime sketches and signature slapstick humor. Yet Lewis was far more than just a clown. He was also a groundbreaking filmmaker ...

Louis Malle, le rebelle (2015)

The Bardot mystery (2012)

Who hides behind Brigitte Bardot? Extraordinarily photogenic, a tumultuous love life, the ultimate sex symbol for the 1950s and 1960s, the actress, singer and animal rights activist left an indelible mark on her era. Despite over 30,000 photos published in ...

On the Trail of the New Wave (2009)

365 Day Project (2007)

This exhibition focuses on Jonas Mekas' 365 Day Project, a succession of films and videos in calendar form. Every day as of January 1st, 2007 and for an entire year, as indicated in the title, a large public (the artist's friends, as well as unknowns) were ...

The Passions of Louis Malle (2003)

A documentary portrait of the legendary French film director Louis Malle featuring many of his collaborators including playwrights David Hare and John Guare, his brother Vincent Malle, his wife Candice Bergen, the Observer film critic Philip French and a m ...

Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1997)

Hailed by some as a cinematic genius, a feminist voice and a true maverick of American cinema, dismissed by others as a voyeuristic fraud and the "world's worst director," Henry Jaglom obsessively confuses and abuses the line between life and art. Featurin ...

Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II (1993)

Part one of a BBC documentary about Jean Renoir. ...

La Vie de Bohème (1992)

Three penniless artists become friends in modern-day Paris: Rodolfo, an Albanian painter with no visa, Marcel, a playwright and magazine editor with no publisher, and Schaunard, a post-modernist composer of execrable noise. ...

… And the Pursuit of Happiness (1986)

In 1986, Louis Malle examines the immigrant experience in America by interviewing newcomers from various professions nationwide, highlighting their struggles in a multicultural society. ...

God's Country (1985)

In 1979, Louis Malle films the thriving lives of a Minnesota farming community, but returns six years later to document its drastic economic decline, offering a poignant look at the impact of political changes. ...

Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years (1985)

Documentary about the life of explorer Jacques Cousteau. ...

The Road to Bresson (1984)

A Dutch documentary about legendary French filmmaker Robert Bresson. ...

My Dinner with Louis (1984)

Interview with director Louis Malle conducted by Wallace Shawn, produced for the BBC-TV programme "Arena". ...

Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter (1982)

A documentary overview of the career of silent cinema pioneer Edwin S. Porter. ...

Hollywood’s Children (1982)

A documentary about child actors, since the beginning of motion pictures (narrated by Roddy McDowell). ...

The Lion Roars Again (1975)

A chronicle of the 1975 International Press Conclave hosted by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer over two days in May 1975. ...

Place de la République (1974)

Louis Malle presents his entertaining snapshot of the comings and goings on one street corner in Paris. ...

A Very Curious Girl (1969)

Treated as an outcast and exploited by the villagers of a small town, a young woman liberates herself through sex, which she uses as a tool of economic gain and an instrument of revenge against those who have wronged her. ...

Calcutta (1969)

When he was cutting "Phantom India," Louis Malle found that the footage shot in Calcutta was so diverse, intense, and unforgettable that it deserved its own film. The result, released theatrically, is at times shocking—a chaotic portrait of a city engulf ...

The Thief of Paris (1967)

In turn-of-the-century Paris, Georges Randal is brought up by his wealthy uncle, who steals his inheritance. Georges hopes to marry his cousin Charlotte, but his uncle arranges for her to marry a rich neighbour. In retaliation, Georges steals the fiancé's ...

The Birth of Children of Paradise (1967)

Documentary about the making of Marcel Carne's 1945 film Children of Paradise (France), interviewing the director, the actors and production designer, as well as other French directors. ...

Un metteur en ordre: Robert Bresson (1966)

A documentary, originally produced in 1966 for the French TV series "Pour le plaisir," about Robert Bresson's film "Au Hasard Balthazar," featuring interviews and discussions with Bresson, Jean-Luc Godard, Louis Malle, Marguerite Duras and others. ...

A Very Private Affair (1962)

After achieving fame as a movie star, a woman finds her private life invaded by relentless fans, leading her mother's ex-lover to intervene and offer protection. ...

Crazeologie (1954)

Louis Malle's student film, featuring the title song by Charlie Parker. ...