Sylvie Pialat Movies

The owner of a failing circus has to cope with the return of her son after he is released from the psychiatric hospital with complete loss of memory.

The making of Pialat's masterpiece.

In this ensemble drama set in rural France, the women of the Paridier farm are left to run it by themselves while their men are off fighting in World...

A Chinese couple, divorced for ten years, meet again in Paris to arrange the funeral of their only son. In this country that is completely foreign to...

Satan tempts Father Dossignan, who is trying to save the soul of a young girl who killed one of her lovers.

Indochina, 1945. While the French are harassed by both the Japanese army and the Vietnamese rebels, private Robert Tassen, driven by the memory of a...

A refugee family in Sweden faces trauma after their youngest daughter falls into an unexplained coma when denied asylum. Parents struggle to find a...

In the tough neighborhood of Tepito, a boy faces the great Mexican dream: becoming a boxing champion.

In the heart of a city, the inhabitants of a tower wake up one morning to find that their building is shrouded in an opaque fog, obstructing doors...

In a provincial suburb, three neighbours come to terms with the consequences of the new world of social media. Marie, who lives off her...

Screenwriter Leo is searching for the wolf in the south of France. During a scouting excursion he is seduced by Marie, a free-spirited and dynamic...

A story of two famous actors who used to be a couple. They reunite after the son's death and receive a letter asking them to visit five places at...

A 2003 documentary by Serge Toubiana and Sonia Buchman that catches up with the cast and location of Maurice Pialat's 'Passe ton bac d'abord'.

Mangin, a police inspector in Paris, leans hard on informants to get evidence on three Tunisian brothers who traffic in drugs. He arrests one, Simon,...

A street in Paris. A stranger thinks he is recognized in Joachim a soldier who died in Bosnia on August 21st, 1983, the very day Joachim was born.

Women of mature years talk about their marriage, their first time, their intimate relationship with sexuality. In the repetition of these ancestral...

During a patrol, Julie and Simon, two police constables, injure a wealthy man who pointlessly killed their partner. This wealthy man in question...

Passionate about sailing, Jean-Paul is going through a rough patch. Up to his ears in debts, he pulls away from his family. Determined to take his...

Lila, a famous retired singer, loses her memory after suffering an accident, just as she planned her return to the stage.