Philippe Pouchain

Movies

Fred Astaire donne le 'la'
Director
Fred Astaire, l'homme aux pieds d'or
Director
Chantons la Libération
Director
Michel Audiard : J'parle pas aux cons, ça les instruit
Director
Cocteau Marais - Un couple mythique
Director
A story of passion between Jean Cocteau, Pygmalion poet, novelist, designer, playwright and avant-garde film-maker and Jean Marais, a popular actor, "well-loved" chameleon and legend of French cinema. They shared a unique relationship which, from 1937 to 1963, combined the art of loving with the inordinate love of arts.
Juliette Gréco, l'insoumise
Director
Les clowns
Director
At last, a film on the history of clowns, these poets of the absurd, these “men under construction” as the poet Henri Michaux described them. From the beginning of the 20th century with Charlie Chaplin, to the present day with James Thierrée, his grandson, this archival film relates the evolution of clowns across the world, identifies affinities and marks breaking points. The whole range of the art of the clown is represented, from Popov’s and Slava’s obsession with perfection, to Fratellini’s or Semianyki’s clumsiness as art. A saga like a wild poetic gospel, which showcases their humorous dimension but also underscores their tragic aspect. With complex characters such as Buster Keaton and Jacques Tati, who make us shiver by the accuracy of their take on the human condition and remind us, with Fellini, that clowns don the ridiculousness of mankind.
Pierre Desproges: Je ne suis pas n'importe qui...
Director
Arletty, Lady Paname
Director
A biography of the French actress Arletty.
Joséphine Baker en couleur
Director
Desproges est vivant
Director
It is with a semblance of chronology and to the rhythm of Antoine De Caunes' not unpleasant voice-over that we are told the story of this unusual troublemaker, who, with his extraordinary ease of writing, put the competition light years away in the 1980s. A mini-documentary that reminds us, if it were necessary, that intellectual buffoonery died with Pierre Desproges.
L'alerte rouge (Le bizut)
Christian Boissinat