Directed by Jean-Pierre Devillers and Anne-Marie Faux • 2007 • France

Produced by director Maurice Pialat’s widow and collaborator Sylvie Pialat, this illuminating documentary offers an intimate look at the life and work of one of French cinema’s most revered and iconoclastic auteurs. Through interviews and footage from his films, MAURICE PIALAT: LOVE EXISTS explores the director’s personal life (including his early career as a painter), key artistic influences, recurring themes, and the uncompromising creative process that gave his films their stunning emotional power.