Pierre Maillard

Movies

Across the Sea
Writer
A former war photographer tries to ward off his personal ghosts by taking pictures of trees only. He lives alone among olive trees in southern Italy. One day he decides to cross the sea. Once in Albania, he goes near the location where he had made his last war picture, as if he was retracing his steps. He finds a tree he wants to photograph. He is just about to do so, when he discovers a runaway girl hiding in it with the sole objective of crossing the sea and getting to the other side. The man has no choice. He has to flee with her, follow her and guide her along until a storm separates them.
Across the Sea
Director
A former war photographer tries to ward off his personal ghosts by taking pictures of trees only. He lives alone among olive trees in southern Italy. One day he decides to cross the sea. Once in Albania, he goes near the location where he had made his last war picture, as if he was retracing his steps. He finds a tree he wants to photograph. He is just about to do so, when he discovers a runaway girl hiding in it with the sole objective of crossing the sea and getting to the other side. The man has no choice. He has to flee with her, follow her and guide her along until a storm separates them.
Alain Tanner, pas comme si, comme ça
Writer
Chronique
Director
Set in Geneva, Switzerland, husband and wife Pierre and Lola decide to go their separate ways. He becomes a hobo, mentally deteriorates and eventually gets arrested for drinking milk directly from a cow's udder. Left with bringing up their two children, she starts a one-woman kissing service and later gets a job as a dishwasher in a diner.
Campo Europa
Writer
A young Swiss woman on vacation in Italy, has a relationship with an Italian writer and is struggling with decisions on what to do with her life
Campo Europa
Director
A young Swiss woman on vacation in Italy, has a relationship with an Italian writer and is struggling with decisions on what to do with her life