The 20 Best of Robert Bresson
Here I have listed the twenty best films of Robert Bresson.
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- DirectorRobert BressonStarsRenée FaureJany HoltSylvieAnne-Marie joins a Dominican convent as a novice where she knows Therese. After shooting a man for which she was imprisoned, Therese protests her innocence, reluctant to tell her secret.Robert Bresson's first feature length directorial effort is a well-constructed, thoughtful film. Bresson also was one of the screenwriters on the film. This film is not of the normal Bresson-style, but is a very good film from a young filmmaker.
- DirectorRobert BressonStarsBebyAndrée ServilangesMarcel DalioBresson's first film is, totally uncharacteristically, a slapstick comedy, centred around two neighbouring republics, Crogandia and Miremia, and the various disasters that befall the ceremonial unveiling of a statue, the launching of a ship, and the crash-landing of a Miremian pilot in Crogandian territory.Robert Bresson writes, directs, and edits this short, a farce in the vein of Dali.
- DirectorClaude HeymannStarsRaimuMichel SimonSuzy PrimSlapstick inheritance comedy based on the confusion between twin brothers, both played by the great Raimu who also plays their father.Bresson only serves as a screenwriter for this light farce from Claude Heymann.
- DirectorPierre BillonStarsPierre Richard-WillmJany HoltRaymond AimosA pilot on one of the air mail flights between France and its African colonies has a brief romance with his distressed cousin before he returns to the call of duty, and the rebels in the desert.Bresson is one of several writers for this French film.
- DirectorMaurice GleizeFrederic ZelnikStarsFernand GraveyRoland ToutainLucien BarouxWhen he is not conducting his orchestra, a talented young man invents a device to thwart car thieves.Associating himself with a rich Dutch baron, he falls in love with the baron's daughter.Robert Bresson's first screen credit was a writing dialogue for this musical.
- DirectorRobert BressonStarsPaul BernardMaría CasaresElina LabourdetteA society lady engineers a marriage between her lover and a cabaret dancer who is essentially a prostitute.