Directed by Jacques Rozier
15 Episodes
One of the essential but long-neglected voices of the French New Wave, Jacques Rozier was a comedic master whose small yet rich body of work remains ripe for rediscovery. Starting with his feature debut, ADIEU PHILIPPINE, Rozier was determined to explode conventional story forms, combine seemingly incompatible genres and tones, and gleefully stretch his characters’ possibilities to their breaking points. Overlooked upon its initial release, ADIEU PHILIPPINE has since been hailed as a high point of the nouvelle vague’s youthful energy and experimentation, though Rozier’s four other, lesser-known features— NEAR OROUËT, THE CASTAWAYS OF TURTLE ISLAND, MAINE-OCÉAN EXPRESS, and FIFI MARTINGALE—are just as startling for their emotional complexity, satirical insight, narrative mischief, and humorous, self-reflective examinations of the nature of creativity. Long overshadowed by the films of his peers, Rozier’s core work reveals a brilliant and distinctive cinematic vision.
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01:35Episode 1Directed by Jacques Rozier Teaser
Episode 1
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1:51:18Episode 2Adieu Philippine
Episode 2
Directed by Jacques Rozier • 1962 • France
Starring Jean-Claude Aimini, Daniel Descamps, Stefania SabatiniIn his bold yet playful feature debut—an overlooked gem of the French New Wave—Jacques Rozier satirizes several major cultural currents of early-sixties France: political myopia, romantic e...
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2:41:54Episode 3Near Orouët
Episode 3
Directed by Jacques Rozier • 1971 • France
Starring Caroline Cartier, Françoise Guégan, Danièle CroisyIn early September, three young Parisians—Caroline (Caroline Cartier), her cousin Kareen (Françoise Guégan), and Joëlle (Danièle Croisy)—travel to the sparsely populated shorefront town of Oro...
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2:26:26Episode 4The Castaways of Turtle Island
Episode 4
Directed by Jacques Rozier • 1976 • France
Starring Pierre Richard, Maurice Risch, Jacques VilleretHaving set his first two features on seaside holidays, Jacques Rozier used the third, THE CASTAWAYS OF TURTLE ISLAND, to mock the tourist industry and the “going native” movement that was then inc...
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2:16:32Episode 5Maine-Océan Express
Episode 5
Directed by Jacques Rozier • 1986 • France
Starring Bernard Ménez, Yves Afonso, Luis RegoBy land, by sea, by air . . . In Jacques Rozier’s quirkiest comedy, a Brazilian dancer’s (Rosa-Maria Gomes) invalid train ticket for a journey from Paris to Saint-Nazaire sparks a shaggy-dog story that enco...
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2:00:26Episode 6Fifi Martingale
Episode 6
Directed by Jacques Rozier • 2001 • France
Starring Jean Lefebvre, Lili Vonderfeld, Yves AfonsoJacques Rozier’s final film is a joyful compendium of his major themes and strategies as well as one of the funniest depictions of the theater ever committed to celluloid. When a director (Mike Marsha...
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23:59Episode 7Blue Jeans
Episode 7
Directed by Jacques Rozier • 1958 • France
Starring Rene Ferro, Francis De Peretti, Elisabeth KlarThis breezy portrait of two Vespa-riding seventeen-year-old boys cruising the Rivera in search of girls captures the spirit of callow youth and the scenic splendors of the Mediterranean summertime.
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10:56Episode 8Le parti des choses: Bardot et Godard
Episode 8
Directed by Jacques Rozier • 1964 • France
Jacques Rozier offers a behind-the-scenes look at Jean-Luc Godard, Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, and Fritz Lang during the filming of Godard’s French New Wave landmark CONTEMPT on the island of Capri.
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Paparazzi
Episode 9
Directed by Jacques Rozier • 1964 • France
One of two documentaries Jacques Rozier made chronicling the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s CONTEMPT (along with LE PARTI DES CHOSES), PAPARAZZI focuses on the intense media frenzy that accompanied star Brigitte Bardot’s every move, offering a revealing lo...
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38:15Episode 10Nono Nénesse
Episode 10
Directed by Jacques Rozier • 1976 • France
Starring Jacques Villeret, Bernard Menez, Maurice RischThis anarchic comic short features the antics of two adult actors playing infants.
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22:30Episode 11Lettre de la Sierra Morena
Episode 11
Directed by Jacques Rozier • 1983 • France
Starring Fabrice Luchini, Solveig Dommartin, Carole JacquinotJacques Rozier cleverly reflects on the state of modern filmmaking through a spirited debate between Don Quixote, here a movie director who champions creative freedom, and Sancho Panza, who a...
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55:56Episode 12JOSÉPHINE EN TOURNÉE: Episode 1
Episode 12
Directed by Jacques Rozier • 1990 • France
Starring Henri Guybet, Lydia Saïz, Carlo Di AngeloUnfolding over four episodes, Jacques Rozier’s homage to Molière is a charmingly relaxed backstage comedy in which Lily Strasberg (Lydia Feld), a spirited actor fresh off a long-running stage success, t...
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55:45Episode 13JOSÉPHINE EN TOURNÉE: Episode 2
Episode 13
Directed by Jacques Rozier • 1990 • France
Starring Henri Guybet, Lydia Saïz, Carlo Di AngeloUnfolding over four episodes, Jacques Rozier’s homage to Molière is a charmingly relaxed backstage comedy in which Lily Strasberg (Lydia Feld), a spirited actor fresh off a long-running stage success, t...
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51:47Episode 14JOSÉPHINE EN TOURNÉE: Episode 3
Episode 14
Directed by Jacques Rozier • 1990 • France
Starring Henri Guybet, Lydia Saïz, Carlo Di AngeloUnfolding over four episodes, Jacques Rozier’s homage to Molière is a charmingly relaxed backstage comedy in which Lily Strasberg (Lydia Feld), a spirited actor fresh off a long-running stage success, t...
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50:07Episode 15JOSÉPHINE EN TOURNÉE: Episode 4
Episode 15
Directed by Jacques Rozier • 1990 • France
Starring Henri Guybet, Lydia Saïz, Carlo Di AngeloUnfolding over four episodes, Jacques Rozier’s homage to Molière is a charmingly relaxed backstage comedy in which Lily Strasberg (Lydia Feld), a spirited actor fresh off a long-running stage success, t...
