François Leterrier

A Man Escaped (1956)

A captured French Resistance fighter during World War II engineers a daunting escape from prison.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Bresson
CAST:  François Leterrier  •  Charles Le Clainche  •  Maurice Beerblock  •  Roland Monod

A captured French Resistance fighter during World War II engineers a daunting escape from prison.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Bresson
CAST:  François Leterrier  •  Charles Le Clainche  •  Maurice Beerblock  •  Roland Monod

Stavisky... (1974)

Irresistible charm and talent helps Serge Alexandre alias Stavisky, small-time swindler, to make friends with even most influential members of French industrial and political elite during the early 30s. But nothing lasts forever and when his great scam involving ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Resnais
CAST:  Jean-Paul Belmondo  •  François Périer  •  Michael Lonsdale  •  Roberto Bisacco

Irresistible charm and talent helps Serge Alexandre alias Stavisky, small-time swindler, to make friends with even most influential members of French industrial and political elite during the early 30s. But nothing lasts forever and when his great scam involving ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Resnais
CAST:  Jean-Paul Belmondo  •  François Périer  •  Michael Lonsdale  •  Roberto Bisacco

Naked Autumn (1961)

Milan is an ex Formula One driver and now he lives with his wife Roberte in a small country town. But Milan is not satisfied, so Roberte encourages a love-story between Milan and Helene, a young woman. Milan can't decide and at last the tragedy comes. Then Milan ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Leterrier
CAST:  Simone Signoret  •  Reginald Kernan  •  Alexandra Stewart  •  Marcello Pagliero

Milan is an ex Formula One driver and now he lives with his wife Roberte in a small country town. But Milan is not satisfied, so Roberte encourages a love-story between Milan and Helene, a young woman. Milan can't decide and at last the tragedy comes. Then Milan ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Leterrier
CAST:  Simone Signoret  •  Reginald Kernan  •  Alexandra Stewart  •  Marcello Pagliero

Slices of Life (1985)

A series of humorous sketches on life: "A Night to Remember", "Summit Showdown", and "A Book? That's personal!"  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Leterrier
CAST:  Laura Antonelli  •  Michel Boujenah  •  Jean-Pierre Cassel  •  Christian Clavier

A series of humorous sketches on life: "A Night to Remember", "Summit Showdown", and "A Book? That's personal!"  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Leterrier
CAST:  Laura Antonelli  •  Michel Boujenah  •  Jean-Pierre Cassel  •  Christian Clavier

Quand tu seras débloqué... fais-moi signe ! (1981)

Whilst driving through rural France, Antoine Bonfils comes across a community of babas - men and women who have turned their back on the modern commercialist world and live, free of constraints, as close to nature as they can. After a tiff with his girlfriend, he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Leterrier
CAST:  Christian Clavier  •  Marie-Anne Chazel  •  Anémone  •  Philippe Léotard

Whilst driving through rural France, Antoine Bonfils comes across a community of babas - men and women who have turned their back on the modern commercialist world and live, free of constraints, as close to nature as they can. After a tiff with his girlfriend, he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Leterrier
CAST:  Christian Clavier  •  Marie-Anne Chazel  •  Anémone  •  Philippe Léotard

Rat Race (1980)

Young dynamic executive, married and father of two children, Jérôme Ozendron dreams of writing and escaping a life he considers mediocre. The meeting with a former comrade, who had become an actor, brought him into contact with the world of cinema. He meets, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Leterrier
CAST:  Christian Clavier  •  Nathalie Baye  •  Anémone  •  Eddy Mitchell

Young dynamic executive, married and father of two children, Jérôme Ozendron dreams of writing and escaping a life he considers mediocre. The meeting with a former comrade, who had become an actor, brought him into contact with the world of cinema. He meets, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Leterrier
CAST:  Christian Clavier  •  Nathalie Baye  •  Anémone  •  Eddy Mitchell

Milady (1976)

Commandant Gardefort, horseman at the Cadre Noir Riding Academy in Saumur, having given up hope of promotion decides to retire. To fill his time until then, he buys a mare, Milady, and in two years trains her to the highest dressage haute ecole standards. But he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Leterrier
CAST:  Jacques Dufilho  •  Claude Giraud  •  Jean Martinelli  •  François Marthouret

Commandant Gardefort, horseman at the Cadre Noir Riding Academy in Saumur, having given up hope of promotion decides to retire. To fill his time until then, he buys a mare, Milady, and in two years trains her to the highest dressage haute ecole standards. But he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Leterrier
CAST:  Jacques Dufilho  •  Claude Giraud  •  Jean Martinelli  •  François Marthouret

Private Screening (1973)

Complications abound in this French film, which tells the story of a filmmaker who is attempting to put his real life into a movie; his interactions with the people in the movie he is filming create reverberations in his "real" life, although the past remains ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Leterrier
CAST:  Françoise Fabian  •  Jean-Luc Bideau  •  Jane Birkin  •  Bulle Ogier

Complications abound in this French film, which tells the story of a filmmaker who is attempting to put his real life into a movie; his interactions with the people in the movie he is filming create reverberations in his "real" life, although the past remains ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Leterrier
CAST:  Françoise Fabian  •  Jean-Luc Bideau  •  Jane Birkin  •  Bulle Ogier

The Son of the Mekong (1992)

Tran and three of his friends flee Vietnam by swimming across the Mekong river. They take refuge in Thailand.  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Leterrier
CAST:  Jacques Villeret  •  Tchee  •  Huai-Qing Tu  •  Shu-Wing Tang

Tran and three of his friends flee Vietnam by swimming across the Mekong river. They take refuge in Thailand.  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Leterrier
CAST:  Jacques Villeret  •  Tchee  •  Huai-Qing Tu  •  Shu-Wing Tang

Emmanuelle 3 (1977)

Emmanuelle and her architect husband continue their amoral lifestyle in the Seychelles. But when a casual dilliance between her and a film director starts to turn serious her husband shows very traditional signs of jealousy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Leterrier
CAST:  Sylvia Kristel  •  Umberto Orsini  •  Jean-Pierre Bouvier  •  Alexandra Stewart

Emmanuelle and her architect husband continue their amoral lifestyle in the Seychelles. But when a casual dilliance between her and a film director starts to turn serious her husband shows very traditional signs of jealousy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Leterrier
CAST:  Sylvia Kristel  •  Umberto Orsini  •  Jean-Pierre Bouvier  •  Alexandra Stewart

The Essence of Forms (2010)

L'essence des formes (The Essence of Forms), a documentary from 2010 in which collaborators and admirers of Bresson’s, including actor François Leterrier and director Bruno Dumont, share their thoughts about the director and his work.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre-Henri Gibert
CAST:  François Leterrier  •  Pierre Lhomme  •  Bruno Dumont  •  Iradj Azimi

L'essence des formes (The Essence of Forms), a documentary from 2010 in which collaborators and admirers of Bresson’s, including actor François Leterrier and director Bruno Dumont, share their thoughts about the director and his work.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre-Henri Gibert
CAST:  François Leterrier  •  Pierre Lhomme  •  Bruno Dumont  •  Iradj Azimi

A King Without Distraction (1963)

A policeman and a serial killer play cat and mouse in an isolated mountain village in Nineteenth century France. The second film directed by the man who played the admirable lead role in Robert Bresson's A Man Escaped is a stylized and intense adaptation of a novel ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Leterrier
CAST:  Claude Giraud  •  Colette Renard  •  Charles Vanel  •  Albert Rémy

A policeman and a serial killer play cat and mouse in an isolated mountain village in Nineteenth century France. The second film directed by the man who played the admirable lead role in Robert Bresson's A Man Escaped is a stylized and intense adaptation of a novel ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Leterrier
CAST:  Claude Giraud  •  Colette Renard  •  Charles Vanel  •  Albert Rémy

The Bodyguard (1984)

Barbara marries Julien a charming and sexy man. Barbara's old flame Paul is highly suspicious of Julien. It seems Julien's previous two wives died under dubious circumstances and he collected a wad of insurance money as a result. Paul cannot ignore his misgivings, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Leterrier
CAST:  Gérard Jugnot  •  Elisa Servier  •  Jane Birkin  •  Sami Frey

Barbara marries Julien a charming and sexy man. Barbara's old flame Paul is highly suspicious of Julien. It seems Julien's previous two wives died under dubious circumstances and he collected a wad of insurance money as a result. Paul cannot ignore his misgivings, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Leterrier
CAST:  Gérard Jugnot  •  Elisa Servier  •  Jane Birkin  •  Sami Frey

The Royal Chase (1969)

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DIRECTION:  François Leterrier
CAST:  Sami Frey  •  Claude Brasseur  •  Ludmila Mikaël  •  Oľga Budská

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DIRECTION:  François Leterrier
CAST:  Sami Frey  •  Claude Brasseur  •  Ludmila Mikaël  •  Oľga Budská

Your Turn, My Turn (1978)

Family mother and model wife, Agnes hits a vehicle while driving in Paris. She immediately falls in love with the driver of the damaged car.  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Leterrier
CAST:  Marlène Jobert  •  Philippe Léotard  •  Daniel Duval  •  Micheline Presle

Family mother and model wife, Agnes hits a vehicle while driving in Paris. She immediately falls in love with the driver of the damaged car.  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Leterrier
CAST:  Marlène Jobert  •  Philippe Léotard  •  Daniel Duval  •  Micheline Presle

Imogène (1989)

Loosely based on the book series by Charles Exbrayat.  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Leterrier  •  Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe  •  Thierry Chabert  •  Sylvain Madigan  •  Paul Vecchiali
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Loosely based on the book series by Charles Exbrayat.  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Leterrier  •  Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe  •  Thierry Chabert  •  Sylvain Madigan  •  Paul Vecchiali
CAST: 

Pierrot mon ami (1979)

Pierrot, a short-sighted, indolent and distracted young boy gets involved in a carnival at the Palais de la Rigolade whose main attraction is to place the women in an ascending current of air which makes their skirts fly. A fight in this Palace makes him lose his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Leterrier
CAST:  Jacques Dutronc  •  Anne Jousset  •  Jean-Marc Thibault  •  Maurice Biraud

Pierrot, a short-sighted, indolent and distracted young boy gets involved in a carnival at the Palais de la Rigolade whose main attraction is to place the women in an ascending current of air which makes their skirts fly. A fight in this Palace makes him lose his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Leterrier
CAST:  Jacques Dutronc  •  Anne Jousset  •  Jean-Marc Thibault  •  Maurice Biraud