Olivier Assayas

April 2020––Lockdown. Etienne, a film director, and his brother Paul, a music journalist, are confined together in their childhood home with their new partners Morgane and Carole. Every room, every object, reminds them of their childhood, and the memories of the absents––their parents, their neighbors… This compels them to measure the distance that separates them from each other and the roots they share, those of their ground zero. As the world around them is becoming increasingly unsettling, unreality, and even a disturbing strangeness, invades their daily gestures and actions.

April 2020––Lockdown. Etienne, a film director, and his brother Paul, a music journalist, are confined together in their childhood home with their new partners Morgane and Carole. Every room, every object, reminds them of their childhood, and the memories of the absents––their parents, their neighbors… This compels them to measure the distance that separates them from each other and the roots they share, those of their ground zero. As the world around them is becoming increasingly unsettling, unreality, and even a disturbing strangeness, invades their daily gestures and actions.

April 2020––Lockdown. Etienne, a film director, and his brother Paul, a music journalist, are confined together in their childhood home with their new partners Morgane and Carole. Every room, every object, reminds them of their childhood, and the memories of the absents––their parents, their neighbors… This compels them to measure the distance that separates them from each other and the roots they share, those of their ground zero. As the world around them is becoming increasingly unsettling, unreality, and even a disturbing strangeness, invades their daily gestures and actions.

Lars Eidinger is one of Germany’s most talented and versatile actors with his love of improvisation and physical acting style. This documentary seeks to dispel some of the mystique surrounding this exceptional actor’s unique art and also provide an exciting insight into the world of theatre and filmmaking.

Throughout the 19th century, imaginative and visionary artists and inventors brought about the advent of a new look, absolutely modern and truly cinematographic, long before the revolutionary invention of the Lumière brothers and the arrival of December 28, 1895, the historic day on which the first cinema performance took place.

On January 31, 1857, the French writer Gustave Flaubert (1821-80) took his place in the dock for contempt of public morality and religion. The accused, the real one, is, through him, Emma Bovary, heroine with a thousand faces and a thousand desires, guilty without doubt of an unforgivable desire to live.

Documentary about filmmaker and film lover Stig Björkman during the pandemic year of 2020 when he stay in touch with his friends over his laptop.

Espiões cubanos se infiltram em grupos de exilados para deter o terrorismo contra Cuba. O preço a pagar, porém, é alto. Baseado em uma emocionante história real.

Espiões cubanos se infiltram em grupos de exilados para deter o terrorismo contra Cuba. O preço a pagar, porém, é alto. Baseado em uma emocionante história real.

A fly-on-the-wall documentary about the recording of the music score by Sonic Youth.

A walk through the career of French filmmaker André Téchiné, from his own point of view and that of those who worked with him: Catherine Deneuve, Daniel Auteuil, Emmanuelle Béart, Juliette Binoche and Sandrine Kiberlain, among others.

Um editor e um autor enfrentam ao mesmo tempo a crise da meia idade, a revolução digital que abala o mercado editorial e imprevistas dificuldades em seus respectivos relacionamentos amorosos.

Um editor e um autor enfrentam ao mesmo tempo a crise da meia idade, a revolução digital que abala o mercado editorial e imprevistas dificuldades em seus respectivos relacionamentos amorosos.

Ele é considerado o cineasta mais importante de todos os tempos. Em 2018, Ingmar Bergman teria completado 100 anos de idade. Nesta ocasião, a diretora alemã internacionalmente conhecida e respeitada Margarethe von Trotta aborda o trabalho e a pessoa de Ingmar Bergman, sob cuja herança cinematográfica se fala de uma nova geração de cineastas.

30 years after his debut, Olivier Assayas is back in New York to present his latest feature film shot in Paris, London, Prague and Oman - This portrait of the filmmaker is part of the collection « Cinéma, de notre temps » created by Janine Bazin and André S. Labarthe.

Durante o lançamento de seu mais novo livro, a autora Delphine (Emmanuelle Seigner) conhece Elle (Eva Green), uma de suas fãs, que lhe pede para autografar seu exemplar. Elle também é escritora, trabalhando como ghost writer em biografias de celebridades. Aos poucos as duas se aproximam, com Elle se tornando cada vez mais presente na vida da autora. Por mais que às vezes se sinta incomodada com a onipresença da nova amiga, Delphine permite a aproximação devido à sua fragilidade emocional, o que logo se revela um erro.

Forty years after his death, this documentary pays tribute to one of the major filmmakers of Italian cinema, to an original work that continues to inspire today's cinema. Coming from one of the greatest families of the Italian aristocracy, he could have been a rich and cultured man, living in opulence and idleness, but Luchino wanted a different destiny. This is the story that director Elisabeth Kapnist and Christian Dumais-Lvowski wanted to tell. Count Visconti di Modrone wears the clothes of a legend that he never stopped shaping throughout his life. This documentary reconstructs the fabric of a brilliant life, dedicated to art; theater, opera, and cinema. This artistic work is also that of a committed man, who was a fellow traveler of the Communist Party, and who resisted fascism.

Maureen (Kristen Stewart) é uma jovem americana que mora em Paris e trabalha como "personal shopper" para uma celebridade local. Ela também tem uma capacidade especial para se comunicar com o mundo dos mortos. A moça dividia esse dom com seu irmão, recém-falecido, que parece estar querendo enviar uma mensagem para o mundo dos vivos.

Maureen (Kristen Stewart) é uma jovem americana que mora em Paris e trabalha como "personal shopper" para uma celebridade local. Ela também tem uma capacidade especial para se comunicar com o mundo dos mortos. A moça dividia esse dom com seu irmão, recém-falecido, que parece estar querendo enviar uma mensagem para o mundo dos vivos.

Maureen (Kristen Stewart) é uma jovem americana que mora em Paris e trabalha como "personal shopper" para uma celebridade local. Ela também tem uma capacidade especial para se comunicar com o mundo dos mortos. A moça dividia esse dom com seu irmão, recém-falecido, que parece estar querendo enviar uma mensagem para o mundo dos vivos.

An inquiry into two of the most influencial French filmakers friendship and feud.

O documentário capta parte da famosa entrevista de Alfred Hitchcock e François Truffaut, em 1962, com contribuições de diversos cineastas, entre eles David Fincher, Martin Scorsese e Wes Anderson.

With Taiwan remaining in the grip of martial law in 1982, a group of filmmakers from that country set out to establish a cultural identity through cinema and to share it with the world. This engaging documentary looks at the movement's legacy.

Maria Enders (Juliette Binoche) é uma famosa atriz que fica perturbada com o fato de que Joann (Chloë Moretz), jovem estrela de Hollywood, irá interpretar o papel que a fez famosa há vinte anos. Convidada a dividir o palco com a novata, uma insegura Enders viaja até os Alpes para ensaiar e conta com o apoio de sua assistente (Kristen Stewart) no confrontamento com seu passado.

Maria Enders (Juliette Binoche) é uma famosa atriz que fica perturbada com o fato de que Joann (Chloë Moretz), jovem estrela de Hollywood, irá interpretar o papel que a fez famosa há vinte anos. Convidada a dividir o palco com a novata, uma insegura Enders viaja até os Alpes para ensaiar e conta com o apoio de sua assistente (Kristen Stewart) no confrontamento com seu passado.

Stéphane Goudet is all over the Tati box-set as the preeminent Tati scholar, so it is only fitting that he conclude the disc with a half hour lecture that concludes the themes and methods of the filmmaker.

During the 1970s a student named Gilles gets entangled in contemporary political turmoils although he would rather just be a creative artist. While torn between his solidarity to his friends and his personal ambitions he falls in love with Christine.

During the 1970s a student named Gilles gets entangled in contemporary political turmoils although he would rather just be a creative artist. While torn between his solidarity to his friends and his personal ambitions he falls in love with Christine.

A Special Day é um documentário que nos apresenta um dia na vida de 34 diretores lendários de cinema, entre eles Roman Polanski, Nanni Moretti, Ken Loach, Claude Lelouch, Gus van Sant, Ethan e Joel Coen, Aki Kaurismäki, Abbas Kiarostami, Walter Salles, Wong Kar-Wai, Zhang Yimou entre outros. Em 2007, Jacob filmou e entrevistou estes cineastas quando estiveram em Cannes para a celebração dos 60 anos do festival e a apresentação dos 33 curtas-metragens do projeto de Jacob, Cada um com Seu Cinema (Chacun son Cinéma). Dessa experiência daquele ano, surgiu o documentário que estrou no Festival de Cannes em 2012.

Um relato épico e extremamente detalhado da vida do infame terrorista internacional Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, também conhecido como Carlos, o Chacal. Ele viveu várias vidas sob diversos pseudônimos, ultrapassando as complexidades da política internacional.

Um relato épico e extremamente detalhado da vida do infame terrorista internacional Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, também conhecido como Carlos, o Chacal. Ele viveu várias vidas sob diversos pseudônimos, ultrapassando as complexidades da política internacional.

Guided by Liv Ullmann and with commentaries from a number of prominent filmmakers for whom Bergman is and remains an important influence - such as Woody Allen, Olivier Assayas, Bernardo Bertolucci, Arnaud Desplechin, John Sayles, Martin Scorsese and Lars von Trier, the film provides a vivid portrait of the artist who in each new project found a challenge for himself and for the people he worked with - both actors and colleagues behind the camera.

Three siblings struggle to deal with the recent death of their mother, the end of their childhoods and their unique visions for the future.

Three siblings struggle to deal with the recent death of their mother, the end of their childhoods and their unique visions for the future.

Olivier Assayas’ Eldorado is a riveting documentary chronicling the efforts of Ballet Preljocaj to choreograph an otherworldly icon of 21st century music: Karlheinz Stockhausen’s ethereal Sonntags-Abschied.

A documentary by Olivier Gonard, shot partly in Paris’s Musée d’Orsay, that examines Olivier Assayas' film Summer Hours, and its approach to art.

A collective film of 33 shorts directed by different directors about their feeling about cinema.

A collective film of 33 shorts directed by different directors about their feeling about cinema.

Christopher Doyle is one of the best known and most acclaimed directors of photography in world cinema. Born in Australia, he sees himself as an Asian citizen rather than a Westerner. His artistic contribution to the films of Wong Kar-wai, Zhang Jimou and Fruit Chan films, among others, is indisputable. Filmed in DV and Super8, this documentary is a kind of wild and stylized road movie -- from Bangkok to Hong Kong, via New York. The camera follows this eccentric and outrageous artist as he gives us his thoughts on his past and present work. From the recent sets of Invisible Waves by Thailand's Pen ek Ratanaruang, and M. Night Shyamalan's Lady in the Water, to the locations in Hong Kong where he shot some of his most famous pictures, such as In The Mood for Love and Dumplings, Chris Doyle talks about his cinematic fascination for Asian culture.

Sandra é obrigada a fugir de Londres quando um encontro sensual com um ex-amante endividado acaba em violência. Começando uma nova vida em Hong Kong, ela se envolve com um casal que promete ajudá-la a conseguir documentos. Mas nada acontece como previsto, e ela acaba presa em um jogo de manipulação.

Sandra é obrigada a fugir de Londres quando um encontro sensual com um ex-amante endividado acaba em violência. Começando uma nova vida em Hong Kong, ela se envolve com um casal que promete ajudá-la a conseguir documentos. Mas nada acontece como previsto, e ela acaba presa em um jogo de manipulação.

A thief with an ambiguous relationship to a young woman steals her purse during a screening.

Em Paris, o amor está por todos os lugares. Está nos bares, nos cafés, na Torre Eiffeil, até no metrô que circula abaixo de suas ruas. Paris, Te Amo é uma declaração à Cidade Luz através dos olhos de alguns dos maiores diretores do mundo incluindo Walter Salles ,os Irmãos Coen, Alfonso Cuarón, Wes Craven. Cada um retrata, de um jeito ou de outro, a alegria, a separação, os encontros inesperados e acima de tudo o amor.

Em Paris, o amor está por todos os lugares. Está nos bares, nos cafés, na Torre Eiffeil, até no metrô que circula abaixo de suas ruas. Paris, Te Amo é uma declaração à Cidade Luz através dos olhos de alguns dos maiores diretores do mundo incluindo Walter Salles ,os Irmãos Coen, Alfonso Cuarón, Wes Craven. Cada um retrata, de um jeito ou de outro, a alegria, a separação, os encontros inesperados e acima de tudo o amor.

Em junho de 2005, um importante momento da arte moderna acontece em dois palcos do Art Rock Festival em St Brieuc. Olivier Assayas imortaliza o dia anterior aos shows, conferências e cinema experimental neste documentário – um laboratório virtual de imagens misturadas com sons variados.

Em junho de 2005, um importante momento da arte moderna acontece em dois palcos do Art Rock Festival em St Brieuc. Olivier Assayas imortaliza o dia anterior aos shows, conferências e cinema experimental neste documentário – um laboratório virtual de imagens misturadas com sons variados.

After she ends up in prison and loses custody of her son, a woman struggles to assimilate outside her former life and remain clean long enough to regain custody of her son.

After she ends up in prison and loses custody of her son, a woman struggles to assimilate outside her former life and remain clean long enough to regain custody of her son.

Twenty years after David Cronenberg prophesied the dark side of the Internet age in Videodrome, acclaimed French filmmaker Olivier Assayas updated it for the New Millennium in his startlingly prescient Demonlover, a chilling exploration of the nexus between sex and violence available at the click of a button.

Duas empresas, Magnatronic e Demonlover, estão lutando para ganhar controle de uma nova forma de mangá extremo e sua versão pornográfica 3D que pode ser usada na Internet. Magnatronic contrata a jovem Diane como espiã para se infiltrar na Demonlover e frustrar suas missões.

Duas empresas, Magnatronic e Demonlover, estão lutando para ganhar controle de uma nova forma de mangá extremo e sua versão pornográfica 3D que pode ser usada na Internet. Magnatronic contrata a jovem Diane como espiã para se infiltrar na Demonlover e frustrar suas missões.

In late nineteenth century Charante, Protestant minister Jean Barnery causes local disquiet when he arranges a separation from his obsessive wife. He and his lover keep their love strong as the world changes around them.

In late nineteenth century Charante, Protestant minister Jean Barnery causes local disquiet when he arranges a separation from his obsessive wife. He and his lover keep their love strong as the world changes around them.

Entry on Taiwanese new-wave filmmaker Hou Hsiao-Hsien for French television's "Cinéma, de notre temps" series, directed by Olivier Assayas.

Entry on Taiwanese new-wave filmmaker Hou Hsiao-Hsien for French television's "Cinéma, de notre temps" series, directed by Olivier Assayas.

Adrien e Gabriel são dois jovens que estão enfrentando dificuldades em sua amizade e em seus respectivos relacionamentos. Gabriel se sente fracassado na presença de Adrien, um escritor que ele admira. Mas a doença de Adrien unirá os dois amigos.

Adrien e Gabriel são dois jovens que estão enfrentando dificuldades em sua amizade e em seus respectivos relacionamentos. Gabriel se sente fracassado na presença de Adrien, um escritor que ele admira. Mas a doença de Adrien unirá os dois amigos.

Twenty-year-old Martin seems to be living the dream. After moving from the French countryside to Paris, he quickly found professional success as a fashion model and romantic fulfillment in dating his half-brother's fiery roommate, Alice. Deep down, however, he is avoiding inner turmoil that stems from his tumultuous upbringing. But when Alice becomes unexpectedly pregnant, the full force of his repression is let loose, wreaking havoc on his life.

Experimental short made by Olivier Assayas for Fondation of Contemporary Art and starring Maggie Cheung.

A diva da ação Maggie Cheung (interpretando ela mesma) chega à França quando um antigo diretor de sucesso a escala para a refilmagem do clássico mudo Os Vampiros. Usando um macacão de borracha e sem falar francês, Cheung se vê lançada à insanidade da indústria cinematográfica.

A diva da ação Maggie Cheung (interpretando ela mesma) chega à França quando um antigo diretor de sucesso a escala para a refilmagem do clássico mudo Os Vampiros. Usando um macacão de borracha e sem falar francês, Cheung se vê lançada à insanidade da indústria cinematográfica.

Gilles e Christine são dois adolescentes apaixonados e mal compreendidos pelos pais, nessa narrativa sobre amadurecimento, alienação, destruição e identidade. A revolta contra as famílias e a sociedade pode obrigá-los a se distanciarem. Quando os pais de Christine querem interná-la à força, o casal decide fugir.

Gilles e Christine são dois adolescentes apaixonados e mal compreendidos pelos pais, nessa narrativa sobre amadurecimento, alienação, destruição e identidade. A revolta contra as famílias e a sociedade pode obrigá-los a se distanciarem. Quando os pais de Christine querem interná-la à força, o casal decide fugir.

In a shock after her mother’s sudden death, warehouse forklift driver Tina seeks out the rich, enigmatic businessman father she has never known and discovers a half-sister, Lise.

In a shock after her mother’s sudden death, warehouse forklift driver Tina seeks out the rich, enigmatic businessman father she has never known and discovers a half-sister, Lise.

Documentary overview of the life of French filmmaker François Truffaut.

Adrien is 19 years old. He has not met his father, Clément for 4 years. Adrien returns home and the two try to better understand each other. Clément lives together with Louis, a twenty-something girl who wants to be an actress. The boy starts a flirt with Louise which pushes the father-son relationship back to a crisis...

Adrien is 19 years old. He has not met his father, Clément for 4 years. Adrien returns home and the two try to better understand each other. Clément lives together with Louis, a twenty-something girl who wants to be an actress. The boy starts a flirt with Louise which pushes the father-son relationship back to a crisis...

Comédia sentimental, intriga policial e tragédia doméstica, este filme conta a história de Maria, uma "filha da mãe" cômica, agressiva, cínica e sentimental. Tem um namorado, Adriano, que se dedica a pequenos tráficos e roubos. A sua mãe é Júlia, atriz insegura e perversa que tem como amante ocasional Gigi, ator e drogado, sempre sem dinheiro e com o coração dividido entre Júlia e Dalila, sua colega de palco. O seu pai é Álvaro, um pintor que depois de ter ficado desaparecido durante vinte anos no Brasil, quer voltar para Júlia como se nada tivesse acontecido e dá de cara com uma filha que não sabe se é sua e que, quase sem se dar conta, lhe cai nos braços.

Stéphane deixa a namorada, que está grávida, por Sabine, que luta para se libertar do apego afetivo por um ator que a manipula. A vida desorganizada e entrelaçada de dois jovens casais que tentam lidar com questões como maturidade e responsabilidade.

Stéphane deixa a namorada, que está grávida, por Sabine, que luta para se libertar do apego afetivo por um ator que a manipula. A vida desorganizada e entrelaçada de dois jovens casais que tentam lidar com questões como maturidade e responsabilidade.

A 100-year-old family feud in Albania continues to target men for vengeful execution in this somber drama.

Three young friends steal some music equipment for their struggling post-punk band and, in a panic, kill the shop’s owner. Assayas’ debut feature examines, with characteristic restraint and acuity, the psychological fallout as the band unravels—and each of its members grapple with their own feelings of guilt, paranoia, and despair.

Three young friends steal some music equipment for their struggling post-punk band and, in a panic, kill the shop’s owner. Assayas’ debut feature examines, with characteristic restraint and acuity, the psychological fallout as the band unravels—and each of its members grapple with their own feelings of guilt, paranoia, and despair.

In the woods, a 13-year-old boy is grabbed by an escaped convict and told to bring money later that day. The boy does as he's told, only to be attacked by the convict's partner. A murder ensues, and through happenstance, the murderer and the boy's mother form an alliance. All this takes place in four days during which the boy has his first communion, his separated parents face each other amidst grandmother's hopes they'll reunite, the grandfather just wants to go fishing, the school's chaplain complains about the boy's behavior, and the convicts' shared girlfriend comes, gun in hand, to help them escape to Tangier. The mother's surprising decisions complete the story.

In a somewhat deflated story of robbery and deception set against the rooftops and byways of Paris, a group of enterprising petty thieves take advantage of the dog days of August to burglarize vacated apartments. At this time of year, all Parisiens are on vacation elsewhere, and the city is invaded by tourists on vacation from their own cities. In this mass rearrangement of the European population, the thieves get away with their looting until they run into an architect who catches them in the act. But his morals are nothing to brag about, as he gets more involved in what they are doing and wants some of their take. He is also smitten with one of the down-and-out women the thieves have been supporting (Dominque Laffin). As in so many French dramas, these conflicting relationships are doomed to be resolved only by tragedy.

Nina, young girl from the provinces discovering the capital, meets people by chance, and carries out apprenticeship of the theatre and love. Paulot first of all, reassuring figure of an ordinary man, solid as a rock. Then Quentin, a fallen actor tormented by a past drama, violent as lightning. Finally, Scrutzler, an inflexible and exhausted director who chooses Nina, throws her on the stage. A revelation is born through these three meetings. But, it is with herself that Nina has an appointment.

Nina, young girl from the provinces discovering the capital, meets people by chance, and carries out apprenticeship of the theatre and love. Paulot first of all, reassuring figure of an ordinary man, solid as a rock. Then Quentin, a fallen actor tormented by a past drama, violent as lightning. Finally, Scrutzler, an inflexible and exhausted director who chooses Nina, throws her on the stage. A revelation is born through these three meetings. But, it is with herself that Nina has an appointment.

Winston Tong and collaborators are interviewed during a busy day at the recording studio.

A young woman travels to Japan to write a novel.

A young woman travels to Japan to write a novel.

Two minimalist music videos that Assayas shot for French electro-pop star Jaco, Rectangle and Anne cherchait l'amour (featuring Elli Medeiros)

A thief unknowingly steals a blue diamond from Chicago mob boss Tony Accardo, setting off a war between the two men as they both try to keep one step ahead of the FBI.