René Allio

Nacimiento : 1924-03-08, Marseille, France

Historia

Cineasta, pintor y hombre de teatro francés, nacido en Marsella. No dirigió su primer largometraje hasta 1965. Se trata de la vieja dama indigna, una libérrima adaptación de Bertold Brecht, protagonizada por Madame Sylvie, que encamó a una anciana que, una vez viuda, decide conocer el mundo subida al dos caballos de su vecino profesor. El éxito es enorme, pero no se repetirá. Su trabajo sobre el realismo y sobre los sueños y deseos populares no volverá a conectar con los espectadores. En Dura jornada para la reina (1973), una Simone Signoret metida a fregona hacía convivir la miseria real con su escapismo por la vía de las fotonovelas, mientras que en la una y la otra (1966) una mujer huía de su vida mortecina adoptando la personalidad de su hermana. Con Les camisards (1970) inventó un nuevo tipo de cine histórico y abordó, desde una perspectiva no centralista, lo ocurrido en 1689, cuando los protestantes se enfrentaron al poder. De la mano de Michel Foucault filmará Moi Pierre Riviére, ayant egorgée... (1976), que es la crónica de un proceso judicial y el cómo las razones de los humildes son siempre pisoteadas. Su último filme fue Transit (1991), una adaptación de la novela de Anna Seghers. También había seguido trabajando para el teatro y la televisión, siendo quizá su última aportación cultural el haberse ocupado, de manera magistral, de la escenografía y la luz del renovado Museo de Historia Natural de París.

Películas

Against Oblivion
Director
En 1991, la ONG Amnistía Internacional encargó 30 cortometrajes a 30 realizadores franceses, para montar un film colectivo que denunciara casos concretos de violación de los derechos humanos por razones políticas.
Transit
Director
In 1941, those who had remained around too long to completely escape the Nazi blitzkrieg had one small, slim chance to escape persecution. They could travel to Marseilles and attempt to get the servile but still nominally independent government of Vichy France to grant them an exit visa. Then they could take passage to safer climes on one of the neutral vessels that stopped there. This drama, based on a novel by Anna Seghers, follows the fates of a small group of desperate people who are attempting to do just that.
Un médecin des lumières
Director
1776. Simon Bertiny settles in Hérisson-sur-Allier to practice medicine. He quickly runs into the peasants of the region who refuse the help of a doctor and continue to take care of themselves. When Simon discovers that an epidemic is spreading in the village, he tries to help the villagers fight against the disease.
El marinero 512
Screenplay
A principios del siglo XX, Max, un joven de dieciocho años, se alista en la Marina. De esta forma se convierte en el Marino 512 y es enviado a Lorient, como ordenanza al servicio del Comandante Roger. Él debe casarse con Colette, una empleada doméstica, pero cae locamente enamorado de la esposa del comandante, convirtiéndose en su amante. A partir de aquí su vida irá atravesando por situaciones límite, entre el peligro y la aventura.
El marinero 512
Adaptation
A principios del siglo XX, Max, un joven de dieciocho años, se alista en la Marina. De esta forma se convierte en el Marino 512 y es enviado a Lorient, como ordenanza al servicio del Comandante Roger. Él debe casarse con Colette, una empleada doméstica, pero cae locamente enamorado de la esposa del comandante, convirtiéndose en su amante. A partir de aquí su vida irá atravesando por situaciones límite, entre el peligro y la aventura.
El marinero 512
Director
A principios del siglo XX, Max, un joven de dieciocho años, se alista en la Marina. De esta forma se convierte en el Marino 512 y es enviado a Lorient, como ordenanza al servicio del Comandante Roger. Él debe casarse con Colette, una empleada doméstica, pero cae locamente enamorado de la esposa del comandante, convirtiéndose en su amante. A partir de aquí su vida irá atravesando por situaciones límite, entre el peligro y la aventura.
L'heure exquise
Director
In the streets of Marseille, René Allio encounters, once again, the spaces of his childhood, and remembers his family history.
L'heure exquise
Himself
In the streets of Marseille, René Allio encounters, once again, the spaces of his childhood, and remembers his family history.
Cinématon XIV
N°139
Reel 14 of Gérard Courant's on-going Cinematon series.
Retour à Marseille
Director
Michel left Marseilles to Italy when he was twenty years old. Courageous and active, he has succeeded in the construction industry. Thirty years later, his return to Marseilles, for his aunt's burial will abruptly change the life of all of his family, who was first fascinated by his social success. He is regarded as the son who made it like wonder. Michel is the only one who has emigrated. They have all remained in the home country ("le pays") and their social status has hardly changed: workmen, small employees, craftsmen, all living in a modest framework.
À propos de Pierre Rivière
About René Allio's 1973 film, " I, Pierre Rivière…", Pascal Kané interviews the filmmaker as well as Michel Foucault, the scientific editor of Pierre Rivière's text.
I, Pierre Rivière, Having Slaughtered My Mother, My Sister and My Brother…
Screenplay
Based on documents compiled by leading French philosopher Michel Foucault, this unique and original film charts the gruesome events which took place in a Normandy village in 1835, when a young man, Pierre Rivière, murdered his mother, sister and brother before fleeing to the countryside. With a cast made up of real-life villagers from the area where the events took place, the detailed re-enactments and careful attention to the gestures of their ancestors serve to create an intense and sometimes disturbing atmosphere of hyper-realism. Details of the crime and of the trial that followed are told from varied perspectives, including the written confession of Pierre himself, and form a rich and complex narrative that interrogates the concepts of “truth” and “history”.
I, Pierre Rivière, Having Slaughtered My Mother, My Sister and My Brother…
Director
Based on documents compiled by leading French philosopher Michel Foucault, this unique and original film charts the gruesome events which took place in a Normandy village in 1835, when a young man, Pierre Rivière, murdered his mother, sister and brother before fleeing to the countryside. With a cast made up of real-life villagers from the area where the events took place, the detailed re-enactments and careful attention to the gestures of their ancestors serve to create an intense and sometimes disturbing atmosphere of hyper-realism. Details of the crime and of the trial that followed are told from varied perspectives, including the written confession of Pierre himself, and form a rich and complex narrative that interrogates the concepts of “truth” and “history”.
Rude journée pour la reine
Writer
Rude journée pour la reine
Director
Les Camisards
Writer
Les Camisards
Director
Pierre and Paul
Writer
Pierre is a middle-aged factory worker with plenty of unresolved anger. After his father's death, his mother feels compelled to move in with him. Having just moved there with his beautiful girlfriend, he begins to feel the pressure. When the May Day revolt begins, he goes crazy.
Pierre and Paul
Director
Pierre is a middle-aged factory worker with plenty of unresolved anger. After his father's death, his mother feels compelled to move in with him. Having just moved there with his beautiful girlfriend, he begins to feel the pressure. When the May Day revolt begins, he goes crazy.
The Other One
Writer
Anne, an unhappily married actress, temporarily assumes the identity of her sister Simone, the successful director of a London fashion house.
The Other One
Director
Anne, an unhappily married actress, temporarily assumes the identity of her sister Simone, the successful director of a London fashion house.
The Shameless Old Lady
Screenplay
Madame Bertini, a newly widowed 70-year-old miser, has lived a sheltered life in squalour. She determines to venture into the modern world and have as much fun as possible, and in doing so finds that she loves it. She blows her life savings, much to the disapproval of the young people around her.
The Shameless Old Lady
Director
Madame Bertini, a newly widowed 70-year-old miser, has lived a sheltered life in squalour. She determines to venture into the modern world and have as much fun as possible, and in doing so finds that she loves it. She blows her life savings, much to the disapproval of the young people around her.