Mario Ruspoli

La Chavalanthrope (1972)

Essay film on the darker side of cartoonist and filmmaker Chaval, aka Yvan Francis Le Louarn. ...

Three Cheers for the Whale (1972)

Co-directed by Chris Marker and Mario Ruspoli, Three Cheers for the Whale traces humanity's complex relationship with whales—from reverence to exploitation—culminating in a stark depiction of industrial whaling. Combining archival imagery, commentary, ...

Chaval (1970)

A tribute to the cartoonist and filmmaker Chaval, aka Yvan Francis Le Louarn. ...

The Last Drink (1964)

The film documents the process of detox treatments at a hospital in Bordeaux. ...

Method 1 (1963)

In 1962, in the small town of Marvejols, young technicians from the RTF are trained to what can and should be direct cinema. "Liberate the camera, be able to throw it into the human space, into life. ...

A Look at Madness (1962)

The daily life of patients and the work of doctors, including Dr. François Tosquelles, at the psychiatric hospital of Saint-Alban in Lozère. ...

Captive Feast (1962)

Captive Feast documents the annual village festival that allows inmates at the psychiatric hospital of St. Alban a rare chance to mingle with the rest of the population. ...

Strangers of the Earth (1961)

Les inconnus de la terre starts like a traditional feature film: in the beginning of the film all the leading roles are given a short introduction. This is followed by a number of interviews, in which the makers unashamedly appear themselves. They include ...

Les hommes de la baleine (1958)

In a small fishermen's village in the Azores, an enormous whale is being jointed, carved and stocked. Once this task is over, the whalers ready themselves for another hunt, a fascinating but trying and dangerous experience... ...

Mario Ruspoli, Prince of the Whales (2011)

Colleagues, friends and specialists pay tribute to the filmmaker Mario Ruspoli in a portrait that mixes encounters, archive images and film excerpts. With testimonies from Richard Leacock, Albert Maysles, Edgar Morin, D.A. Pennebaker and others. ...

Era lei che lo voleva! (1953)

The Unfaithfuls (1953)

A group of "respectable" people are all partly responsible for the suicide of a servant girl. They are pounced upon by a wily blackmailer, who knows that these people will pay dearly rather than inform on themselves or others. ...