Paul Vecchiali

Paul Vecchiali (April 28, 1930 - January 18, 2023) was a French filmmaker and author.

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Drugstore Romance (1979)

Pierrot, mechanic in Paris, falls madly for a female chemist his senior—who at first refuses him, only accepting love after being diagnosed with a deadly illness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Vecchiali
CAST:  Hélène Surgère  •  Nicolas Silberg  •  Myriam Mézières  •  Christine Murillo

Pierrot, mechanic in Paris, falls madly for a female chemist his senior—who at first refuses him, only accepting love after being diagnosed with a deadly illness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Vecchiali
CAST:  Hélène Surgère  •  Nicolas Silberg  •  Myriam Mézières  •  Christine Murillo

Rosa la Rose, Public Girl (1986)

Rosa la Rose is the most beautiful prostitute of Les Halles. Every client wants her and she accepts everything. Her pimp is a sympathetic and generous man and there is not much to tell about Rosa’s life. Until one day she meets Julien, a young guy, and falls in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Vecchiali
CAST:  Marianne Basler  •  Jean Sorel  •  Pierre Cosso  •  Laurent Lévy

Rosa la Rose is the most beautiful prostitute of Les Halles. Every client wants her and she accepts everything. Her pimp is a sympathetic and generous man and there is not much to tell about Rosa’s life. Until one day she meets Julien, a young guy, and falls in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Vecchiali
CAST:  Marianne Basler  •  Jean Sorel  •  Pierre Cosso  •  Laurent Lévy

At the Top of the Stairs (1983)

A woman returns after twenty years to Toulon where her husband, who collaborated with the nazis, was murdered. Her motives are unclear.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Vecchiali
CAST:  Danielle Darrieux  •  Hélène Surgère  •  Françoise Lebrun  •  Nicolas Silberg

A woman returns after twenty years to Toulon where her husband, who collaborated with the nazis, was murdered. Her motives are unclear.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Vecchiali
CAST:  Danielle Darrieux  •  Hélène Surgère  •  Françoise Lebrun  •  Nicolas Silberg

Happiness (1965)

A young husband and father, perfectly content with his life, falls in love with another woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Agnès Varda
CAST:  Jean-Claude Drouot  •  Claire Drouot  •  Olivier Drouot  •  Sandrine Drouot

A young husband and father, perfectly content with his life, falls in love with another woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Agnès Varda
CAST:  Jean-Claude Drouot  •  Claire Drouot  •  Olivier Drouot  •  Sandrine Drouot

White Nights on the Pier (2014)

A man walks every night along the jetty. There he meets a young woman who is waiting for the man of her life. Over four nights, they discuss life and he gradually falls in love with her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Vecchiali
CAST:  Pascal Cervo  •  Astrid Adverbe  •  Paul Vecchiali  •  Geneviève Montaigu

A man walks every night along the jetty. There he meets a young woman who is waiting for the man of her life. Over four nights, they discuss life and he gradually falls in love with her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Vecchiali
CAST:  Pascal Cervo  •  Astrid Adverbe  •  Paul Vecchiali  •  Geneviève Montaigu

Femmes femmes (1974)

The fantasies and dreams of two over-the-hill actresses are intertwined with their realities, as the two roommates struggle to survive their day-to-day lives in the expensive and difficult world of Paris.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Vecchiali
CAST:  Hélène Surgère  •  Sonia Saviange  •  Huguette Forge  •  Michel Delahaye

The fantasies and dreams of two over-the-hill actresses are intertwined with their realities, as the two roommates struggle to survive their day-to-day lives in the expensive and difficult world of Paris.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Vecchiali
CAST:  Hélène Surgère  •  Sonia Saviange  •  Huguette Forge  •  Michel Delahaye

The Dunce (2016)

Laurent is seeking a path in life after living his childhood and teenage years in laziness. He has a conflictual relationship with Rodolphe, his father, and both are too emotional to express their mutual affection. Despite the women of his life hanging around him , ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Vecchiali
CAST:  Paul Vecchiali  •  Pascal Cervo  •  Catherine Deneuve  •  Annie Cordy

Laurent is seeking a path in life after living his childhood and teenage years in laziness. He has a conflictual relationship with Rodolphe, his father, and both are too emotional to express their mutual affection. Despite the women of his life hanging around him , ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Vecchiali
CAST:  Paul Vecchiali  •  Pascal Cervo  •  Catherine Deneuve  •  Annie Cordy

C'est l'amour (2016)

Odile suspects her husband, Jean, is cheating. Thus she decides to give him a taste of his own medicine. Fate gets her in touch with an actor, Daniel, who she will use for her revenge. The actor, living with a former serviceman, Albert, will make love with her. But ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Vecchiali
CAST:  Astrid Adverbe  •  Pascal Cervo  •  Julien Lucq  •  Fred Karakozian

Odile suspects her husband, Jean, is cheating. Thus she decides to give him a taste of his own medicine. Fate gets her in touch with an actor, Daniel, who she will use for her revenge. The actor, living with a former serviceman, Albert, will make love with her. But ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Vecchiali
CAST:  Astrid Adverbe  •  Pascal Cervo  •  Julien Lucq  •  Fred Karakozian

Wrong Harmonies (2014)

After the death of his partner, a man discovers on the Internet that the latter had virtual relations with another man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Vecchiali
CAST:  Pascal Cervo  •  Julien Lucq  •  Victor Toussaint  •  Paul Vecchiali

After the death of his partner, a man discovers on the Internet that the latter had virtual relations with another man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Vecchiali
CAST:  Pascal Cervo  •  Julien Lucq  •  Victor Toussaint  •  Paul Vecchiali

Biette (2013)

Documentary about the the film critic and filmmaker Jean-Claude Biette.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Léon
CAST:  Françoise Lebrun  •  Pascal Cervo  •  Mathieu Amalric  •  Denis Lavant

Documentary about the the film critic and filmmaker Jean-Claude Biette.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Léon
CAST:  Françoise Lebrun  •  Pascal Cervo  •  Mathieu Amalric  •  Denis Lavant

À vot' bon cœur (2005)

French independent director Paul Vecchiali playfully bites the hand that periodically feeds him (and many of the nation's other creative filmmakers) in this dark comedy. Writer and director Vecchiali stars as a moviemaker named Paul Vecchiali, who is trying to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Vecchiali
CAST:  Catherine Lachens  •  Régine Benedetti  •  Jacqueline Danno  •  Hélène Surgère

French independent director Paul Vecchiali playfully bites the hand that periodically feeds him (and many of the nation's other creative filmmakers) in this dark comedy. Writer and director Vecchiali stars as a moviemaker named Paul Vecchiali, who is trying to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Vecchiali
CAST:  Catherine Lachens  •  Régine Benedetti  •  Jacqueline Danno  •  Hélène Surgère

The Seven Deserters Or The Never Ending War (2017)

In a ruined house, four men and two women find a nun. All these people have deserted an anonymous war.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Vecchiali
CAST:  Pascal Cervo  •  Astrid Adverbe  •  Marianne Basler  •  Jean-Philippe Puymartin

In a ruined house, four men and two women find a nun. All these people have deserted an anonymous war.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Vecchiali
CAST:  Pascal Cervo  •  Astrid Adverbe  •  Marianne Basler  •  Jean-Philippe Puymartin

Un, parfois deux (2016)

Laurent Achard set up his camera on the set of Paul Vecchiali’s film Le Cancre to capture the director’s creative power. Although Vecchiali’s precision is impressive, Achard also shows moments where his collaborators’ input is essential. Under the director’s eye, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Laurent Achard
CAST:  Paul Vecchiali  •  Pascal Cervo  •  Catherine Deneuve  •  Mathieu Amalric

Laurent Achard set up his camera on the set of Paul Vecchiali’s film Le Cancre to capture the director’s creative power. Although Vecchiali’s precision is impressive, Achard also shows moments where his collaborators’ input is essential. Under the director’s eye, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Laurent Achard
CAST:  Paul Vecchiali  •  Pascal Cervo  •  Catherine Deneuve  •  Mathieu Amalric

Trois mots en passant (2015)

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Train de vies (2018)

"Train de vies" crosses a series of characters who, in pairs, confess to each other their innermost desires and their most secret memories.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Vecchiali
CAST:  Brigitte Roüan  •  Astrid Adverbe  •  Marianne Basler  •  Simone Tassimot

"Train de vies" crosses a series of characters who, in pairs, confess to each other their innermost desires and their most secret memories.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Vecchiali
CAST:  Brigitte Roüan  •  Astrid Adverbe  •  Marianne Basler  •  Simone Tassimot

La Soirée (1961)

Unfinished film by Jean Eustache . A couple kisses. A group of friends talk inside a room. One of them reads from a paper.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Eustache
CAST:  Jean-André Fieschi  •  Chantal Simon  •  Paul Vecchiali  •  André S. Labarthe

Unfinished film by Jean Eustache . A couple kisses. A group of friends talk inside a room. One of them reads from a paper.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Eustache
CAST:  Jean-André Fieschi  •  Chantal Simon  •  Paul Vecchiali  •  André S. Labarthe

Les Roses de la vie (1962)

François Truffaut said of Paul Vecchiali in his early days that he was "the only true heir of Jean Renoir." The first short film of this director, who was to become a singular figure of independent French cinema, follows the path of an elderly woman towards her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Vecchiali
CAST:  Germaine de France  •  Jean Eustache  •  Sonia Saviange  •  Michèle Marinie

François Truffaut said of Paul Vecchiali in his early days that he was "the only true heir of Jean Renoir." The first short film of this director, who was to become a singular figure of independent French cinema, follows the path of an elderly woman towards her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Vecchiali
CAST:  Germaine de France  •  Jean Eustache  •  Sonia Saviange  •  Michèle Marinie

The Story of Rebecca (1964)

An adaptation of Jan Potocki's The Manuscript Found in Saragossa.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Vecchiali
CAST:  Marika Green  •  Jean-Pierre Bonnefous  •  Jean-Paul Cisife  •  Youri Rytel

An adaptation of Jan Potocki's The Manuscript Found in Saragossa.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Vecchiali
CAST:  Marika Green  •  Jean-Pierre Bonnefous  •  Jean-Paul Cisife  •  Youri Rytel

C'est la vie ! (1980)

Ginette is at phone with the famous Rachah Rangers, who hosts a daily radio program. She talks about her break with Richard, her various relationship problems, her desires, fears and reproaches. Her friend, Simone Barbes, advised her to live, urgently, a new ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Vecchiali
CAST:  Chantal Delsaux  •  Hélène Surgère  •  Jean-Christophe Bouvet  •  Jacques Gibert

Ginette is at phone with the famous Rachah Rangers, who hosts a daily radio program. She talks about her break with Richard, her various relationship problems, her desires, fears and reproaches. Her friend, Simone Barbes, advised her to live, urgently, a new ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Vecchiali
CAST:  Chantal Delsaux  •  Hélène Surgère  •  Jean-Christophe Bouvet  •  Jacques Gibert
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