La matelassière, la fileuse, la trempeuse, l'orangère, la brodeuse, la dame-lavabo, la relieuse, la bistrote, la canneuse, la repasseuse, la rémouleuse, la maître-verrier. Alain Cavalier trace les visages de femmes qu’il veut préserver de l’oubli. Ce sont des femmes qui travaillent, qui font des enfants et qui en même temps gardent un esprit d’indépendance…

2002 film by Alain Cavalier

Alain is getting older. For years he has been filming his daily life: his partner Françoise, the people he meets, nature and animals, and life in all its splendour and cruelty. Having devoted his entire life to filmmaking, with the camera as an extension of his arm, he has observed the world with a poetic sense of authenticity and simplicity. Otherness, the approach of death, the power of life and the importance of others intertwine as he looks back on his life as a filmmaker and as a man, concealing nothing, and offering a vision of the universality of the human experience.

The filmed diary of the filmmaker Alain Cavalier. More than ten years of his life and work are covered from 1994 to 2005.

2011 film by Alain Cavalier

In this drama that alludes to the Algerian War with France of the 1960s, Thomas is a deserter from the French Foreign Legion who is on the run from authorities. He helps damsel in distress Dominique, who has been taken hostage by a group of terrorists. Thomas is wounded but manages to escape after killing the guard who inflicted the injury. Dominique gives Thomas money to escape to France after he secures her freedom, but he is caught between the Foreign Legion and the terrorists seeking revenge.

剧情介绍 故事发生在1944年的法国诺曼底。杰罗姆和他的妻子玛丽在拉维城堡平静地生活着，但是平静的背后，向往巴黎的玛丽巴不得马上离开乡下去大都市寻找自己的梦想，不料，德军的驻扎让他们的世界颠倒了，很快，玛丽发觉一个德军军官和一个法国间谍同时爱上她，在这么多男人的追求下，玛丽该怎么办？...... ★主要奖项： 荣获1966年路易斯.德鲁克胜利奖

IMDb reviews: There's no dialogue in this movie because it doesn't need it. The visual do all the work. Every image is poetic and political. In this movie, we follow the resistants of a dictatorial regime through their effort of escaping it. In this case, an image equal thousand words. Flawless and important, a must see for every human being! Written by bemafalda. At the question "why there's no words in this movie?" Alain Cavalier said :"There's some moments in a lifetime, there's no need to talk" But, this is not a silent film. This is just about postures, and movements. Camera stay static to catch each little act as a resistance proof (Cuting a picture, making a bed, cleaning a glass...) Resistance to the oppression, resistance to film... We can think at "Pickpocket" of Bresson cause all is about acts. And when the camera stop on the glance of an actor(all of them where in social and financial difficulties. No famous actor in the movie) , without a word, it put you deep inside the tragedy of war. It's not only a movie about WW2, it's a movie about all the oppressions, helping the viewer to truly see and to have the courage to face them. A movie shot in studio, with almost no decoration set. Just what they gonna use ("Don't put a gun on stage if you're not going to use it" said a famous theater's author) Sadly, this movie, probably the most important of my life in a political and citizenship way, had never been released on VHS nor DVD. Written by marmitte.

When a young auto salesman is forced to give up a vacation with his wife in order to drive an American car to its new owner who lives on the French Riviera, he makes the best of things. First, he gets and old friend to ride along with him. Then, the two of them are joined by another pair of men who want to ride south. The four of them have a great time, talking about women and fatherhood, among other things... An entertaining intriguing road movie !

1986 film by Alain Cavalier

Depuis l’enfance, j’ai eu la chance de traverser deux mini dépressions de bonheur et j’attends, tout à fait serein, la troisième. Ça me suffit pour croire en une certaine beauté de la vie et avoir le plaisir de tenter de la filmer sous toutes ses formes : arbres, animaux, dieux, humains… et cela à l’heure où l’amour est vif. L’innocence, le cinéaste en a perdu une partie. C’est si délicat à repérer autour de soi, si difficile à ne pas perdre au tournage. Ma reconnaissance va à ceux que vous regarderez à l’écran. Pour tenir tête au temps, j’ai une parade qui est de fouiller dans mon stock d’émotions et d’images anciennes. Non pour retrouver ce qui ne reviendra pas mais pour deviner dans l’hiver les signes du printemps. Cela permet de recommencer encore une journée d’un pas aisé.

在冬天刚过的巴黎，安娜认识了丈夫克雷蒙的朋友萨罗。对于萨罗这个朋友，安娜总是忧心忡忡，觉得他不像善类。克雷蒙脾气急躁，不久后更与当老板的父亲决裂，并从自家的工厂辞职。糟糕的家庭经济状况使安娜总是愁容满面，为了让妻子高兴，克雷蒙决定带她去夜总会玩乐一番。不巧正好碰到安娜的旧情人马瑞，二人暧昧的举动不禁让克雷蒙醋意大发。 而为了此事，安娜也决心离开丈夫。深爱着妻子的克雷蒙十分伤心，整日借酒消愁，直到有一天萨罗给他打电话。原来，克雷蒙参加了一个激进派组织。该组织有十二个成员，萨罗被推举为首领和组织者。每个月两次他们聚在一起进行训练，用狩猎组织的名义掩盖所从事的恐怖行动。他们白天训练，晚上讲授理论。萨罗提出西方资本主义正在腐烂，要用武力建立新的政权。 这一次暗杀的目标是市议员泰拉斯，而行刺者正是克雷蒙。这是克雷蒙第一次搞暗杀行动，虽然十分紧张，但还是成功了。但在行刺之后通缉克雷蒙的新闻很快就传满了大街小巷，“已死”的泰拉斯更是接受采访谈自己如何在神秘人的帮助下逃离厄运。克雷蒙立刻明白了一切。他被人出卖了，而这个出卖他的人正是萨罗。出于无奈，克雷蒙只好和妻子安娜逃到乡下他的朋友保罗家。 但克雷蒙无法熄灭心中的怒火，不久之后决定去报仇，丢下了伤心的安娜。保罗悉心照料她，并帮她开始了新的生活，两人相爱了。克雷蒙不远万里紧追萨罗，终于以自己认为正确的方式杀死了仇敌，但克雷蒙也成了臭名昭著的杀人犯。克雷蒙重返巴黎，回来后却发现安娜怀了保罗的孩子，他大为恼火，约保罗到河心小岛决斗。保罗百般忍让，终于被迫开枪打死了可雷蒙。

小說作家兼劇作家伊曼妮和電影製作人阿倫相識已超過三十年。他們正準備拍攝一部以前這的自傳為題材，名為《一切順利》的影片。影片內容是有關她的父親要她在其心臟病發之後如「結束它」。阿倫建議伊曼妮親自主演，而他則扮演她的父親。某冬日的早上，阿倫收到伊曼妮的來電，告知他要推遲至春天才可拍攝，因她需要進行一個緊急手術。