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Robert Bresson

Director, Actor

 
Les Dames Du Bois De BoulogneLes Dames Du Bois De Boulogne (1945)
Dir. Robert Bresson
Feat. Maria Casares
Dir. Bresson and writer Jean Cocteau are strange bedfellows in this lush, stylish drama, well–removed from the director’s austere later…
Diary of a Country PriestDiary of a Country Priest (Journal D'Un Cure De Campagne) (1950) Aro Favourite
Dir. Robert Bresson
Feat. Claude Laydu
Compelling and uncompromising – this adaptation of Georges Bernanos' classic French novel is one of dir. Bresson's best examinations of the…
Man Escaped, AMan Escaped, A (1956) Recommended
Dir. Robert Bresson
Feat. Francois Leterrier
Bresson's films are all extremely controlled in style: no suspense, no histrionics, flat acting, spare and simple camerawork, yet this is an…
PickpocketPickpocket (1959) Recommended
Dir. Robert Bresson
Dir. Bresson's austere meditation on the motive personal forces of criminal enterprise, this trails a directionless young man into a flirtation with…
Trial of Joan of Arc, TheTrial of Joan of Arc, The (Procès de Jeanne d'Arc) (1962)
Dir. Robert Bresson
One of dir. Bressons' more difficult works, depicting the final days of 15th century French religious patriot Joan of Arc and utilising the actual…
Au Hasard BalthazarAu Hasard Balthazar (1966)
Dir. Robert Bresson
Feat. Anne Wiazemsky, Francois Lafarge, Philippe Asselin
Robert Bresson's immediately recognisable minimalist style is here lent to one of the few films whose central character is a donkey.
MouchetteMouchette (1967)
Dir. Robert Bresson
Feat. Nadine Nortier, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Maria Cardinal
An impoverished young girl in rural France bears the brunt of hard times in this perfectly formed study, taken from the novel by George Bernanos.…
Lancelot Du LacLancelot Du Lac (1974)
Dir. Robert Bresson
Feat. Luc Simon, Laura Duke Condominas, Humbert Balsan
Bresson endows the legend of King Arthur with his unique style and vision, and exposes a density of ideas by stripping the story back to its base…
The Devil, ProbablyThe Devil, Probably (Le diable probablement) (1977) Recommended
Dir. Robert Bresson
Feat. Antoine Monnier, Tina Irissari, Henri de Maublanc
Distinctive late–period inclusion into the incredible canon of films from director Robert Bresson (DIARY OF A COUNTRY PRIEST), following a…
L'ArgentL'Argent (1983)
Dir. Robert Bresson
Feat. Christian Patey
This bleak, enigmatic crime study depicts the tragic chain of events which emanate from a counterfeit bank note being passed through a photo shop.…

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