Delphine Seyrig

If Jean Rochefort remains so dear to our hearts, it is because this extraordinary actor alone embodies a cinema and a France imbued with freedom and carelessness. Through his films, archives and the testimony of those close to him, we discover a complex man, a sad clown saved by his taste for words and for fun.

Delphine Seyrig decided to work on a film project about Calamity Jane to reveal Jane’s sensibility and insight about life in those letters to her daughter. The reading of those letters permits a self-reflection about feminism and motherhood.

In the 70s, actress Delphine Seyrig and director Carole Roussopoulos, both militant feminists, were the pioneers of video activism in France. They documented the demonstrations of French feminists and used the new technologies to counter the poor representation of women in the public media.

Vislumbres do eclipse solar do dia 20 de março de 2015, em Lisboa. Uma carta fala sobre a vida numa terra longínqua.

Documentary on famous writer Marguerite Duras and her paradoxical relation to the seventh art by her former film editor.

Made out of the last sequence of the film Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975). Seven monitors (in sync) video installation, color, sound
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Delphine Seyrig, an extraordinary woman and actress, died on October 15, 1990. From "Last Year at Marienbad" by Alain Resnais to "India Song" by Marguerite Duras, she played in 34 films for cinema, 13 films for television and 33 plays. Jacqueline Veuve, filmmaker and friend of Delphine Seyrig, wanted to break the silence that has fallen on her memory by making a documentary that traces with emotion and subjectivity the life of the mythical actress, the fierce feminist but also the simple friend.

The legendary photographer William Klein has designed this fascinating book on fashion photography, with a selection of images from throughout his career, including material from his films. Though Klein claims roots in areas as diverse as painting, street photography, the tabloids, and B movies, his fashion work has been known since the fifties and sixties and has been a constant in his career.

A group of cosmopolitan women passengers aboard the Trans-Siberian/Mongolian Railway are taken prisoner by Ulan Iga, a warrior princess.

Two worlds are involved. The internal world, closed, virtually isolated, with just one tenuous, uncertain link with the other world - the telephone. The other, external world exists only to pass from one sealed-off place to another. Call each other? - you lose your voice before you get an answer: your head spins with non-existent voices. Telephone and answering machines are scheming devices. Just waiting in vain.

Formas e figuras alegóricas iniciam uma procissão triunfal como símbolo das vaidades humanas, até que, de repente, torna-se um desfile militar.

One year after the death of Simone de Beauvoir (14 april 1986) Delphine Seyrig pays homage by visiting her grave. which she finds still covered with flowers and letters from all over the world.

Black comedy about a couple who become convinced that their best friends are aliens and that the Earth’s days are numbered.

Three young women at a hair salon all like the son of the clothing store proprietors across the mall. Although Robby is selfish and shallow, he's appealing to Lili, the salon's manager, who's trendy and also the salon-owner's moll; to Mado, who's innocent and sweet; and to Pascale, who's intelligent but passive and downcast. Robby's dad tells him to grow up and see beyond the mercurial Lili, so he proposes suddenly to Mado. She's delighted, but the day before the wedding, Lili returns to give Robby another look. In the background, a Yank who was a soldier in France in World War II returns to Paris and tries to recapture the love of his wartime sweetheart, Robby's mom.

Seven Women, Seven Sins (1986) represents a quintessential moment in film history. The women filmmakers invited to direct for the seven sins were amongst the world's most renown: Helke Sander (Gluttony), Bette Gordon (Greed), Maxi Cohen (Anger), Chantal Akerman (Sloth), Valie Export (Lust), Laurence Gavron (Envy), and Ulrike Ottinger (Pride). Each filmmaker had the liberty of choosing a sin to interpret as they wished. The final film reflected this diversity, including traditional narrative fiction, experimental video, a musical, a radical documentary, and was delivered in multiple formats from 16, super 16, video and 35mm.

Adaptação cinematográfica da peça de Rose Leiman Goldemberg baseada na intensa correspondência de Sylvia Plath com a mãe Aurelia, desde quando a poeta ainda estava na universidade até o seu suicídio. Delphine Seyrig e a sobrinha Coralie Seyrig recitam as cartas de Sylvia e Aurelia para o público.

Adaptação cinematográfica da peça de Rose Leiman Goldemberg baseada na intensa correspondência de Sylvia Plath com a mãe Aurelia, desde quando a poeta ainda estava na universidade até o seu suicídio. Delphine Seyrig e a sobrinha Coralie Seyrig recitam as cartas de Sylvia e Aurelia para o público.

This afterword to India Song (Duras' celebrated 1975 film) is organized in several parts. It begins with an interview to Marguerite Duras by Dominique Noguez, an expert in her work; the interview links the film to the two movies whom it's related to: The Ravishment of Lol V. Stein and The Vice-Consul. Several themes are tackled: childhood, autobiographical traces, relationships between differents characters and different films and more. India Song's main actors — Delphine Seyrig and Michael Lonsdale, who played Anne-Marie Stretter and the French vice-consul — join the conversation and talk about their roles and their craft. Marguerite Duras then evokes her memories of the shooting with the composer Carlos D'Alessio and her camera operato Bruno Nuytten. The conversations are punctuated by clips of the film.

Our organization will create a human being whom we can shape and manipulate according to our needs. Dorian Gray: young, rich and handsome. We will make him, seduce him and break him. Ulrike Ottinger, 1984

Delphine Seyrig plays a middle-aged woman coping with an ungovernable present and holding out hopes of escaping to a more pleasant past. She leaves her current residence to retreat to her provincial French hometown. Here she dreams of locating and rekindling an old love. Seyrig is less inscrutable here than in her debut feature-film appearance Last Year in Marienbad (61), though the character is just as complex and difficult to please. Grain of Sand was released in France in 1983 as Le Grain de Sable.

After separating from the father of her son, a young French woman tries to find lodging and a fresh start in L.A. for herself and her son.

FREAK ORLANDO is divided into five more-or-less distinct sections, all featuring "Freak" Orlando, a woman, played by the late Magdalena Montezuma, who appears in various guises, and deformities, throughout.

One of Shaw's "pleasant plays", The Man of Destiny is a one-act lighthearted comedy of egos and social hypocrisy. Set in 1796 in northern Italy, it features a battle of wits between Napoleon Bonaparte and a mysterious, daring woman who has stolen his documents. Can she really challenge the strategic mind of a general still celebrating a famous victory?

Em 1976, Delphine Seyrig perguntou a 24 atrizes francesas e americanas sobre suas experiências profissionais enquanto mulheres, seus papéis e relações com os diretores. Uma análise preocupante de uma indústria que só atribui papéis com base em clichês e estereótipos.

Em 1976, Delphine Seyrig perguntou a 24 atrizes francesas e americanas sobre suas experiências profissionais enquanto mulheres, seus papéis e relações com os diretores. Uma análise preocupante de uma indústria que só atribui papéis com base em clichês e estereótipos.

Em 1976, Delphine Seyrig perguntou a 24 atrizes francesas e americanas sobre suas experiências profissionais enquanto mulheres, seus papéis e relações com os diretores. Uma análise preocupante de uma indústria que só atribui papéis com base em clichês e estereótipos.

Story of three "flights": a little boy, a girl, and a mother who escapes the real world and recreates the world through dreams and photographs.

A middle-aged disabled man unknowingly begins a lonely hearts correspondence with his own unmarried sister, who takes care of him. As he writes more and more to her, he begins to fall in love, and she, knowing that it is her brother who is writing, discovers a new, tender side to him. But trouble looms when he asks to meet her in person.

While the Easter holidays are over, a young woman named Cécile and her brother Pierre return to the family home. There they meet their grandfather Léon, an old communist militant who has shaken Lenin's hand.

Barbara is a forty-year-old woman of Polish origin living in Budapest. She is a biologist, a wife and a mother. The death of her woman friend opens her eyes to the fact that she is lonely, unable to find her place.

After 10 years separation from his wife, a film director (Jean-Louis Trintignant), imagines he can make up with her by giving her a part in his next film, an adaptation of Tshekov's "Three Sisters". He goes location scouting and stays in Bex, a Spa near Lake Leman, together with the three actresses : Julie, his ex-wife (Delphine Seyrig), the mysterious Cecilia, that his producer wants him to take (Lea Massari), and Esther (Valérie Mairesse), a teenager. They all stay in an old decaying hotel. In this isolated mansion the four of them will fight but also discover each other.

Um estudo de uma mulher fria e reservada que praticamente foi vendida pelo marido, um operador de edifícios, para se livrar de uma dívida de jogo.

Documentary about French film actress and director Delphine Seyrig featuring an interview filmed in 1977.

In two parts, it documents the litigation of Brigitte Fontaine, Monique Piton, Mireille and Erin Pizzey with Éditions de femmes in 1976 and those of Catherine Leguay and Brigitte Fontaine in 1977.

Michael is the younger son of a middle-class family, a strong-willed and free-thinking fellow, who is off in some distant country fighting for a revolutionary cause.

The full soundtrack to Marguerite Duras' 1975 film India Song, about a French ambassador's wife in 1930s India, is here repurposed with all new cinematography. As we hear all the dialogue of a bygone movie, we travel visually through images of absence and decay, bereft of life. It's the ghost of a film, and a further commentary on colonialism.

Considerado como a obra-prima de Akerman, traz a atriz Delphine Seyrig no papel de Jeanne Dielman, uma jovem viúva que vive com seu filho Sylvain seguindo uma ordem imutável: à tarde, enquanto seu filho está na escola, ela cuida do apartamento e recebe os clientes.

Em S.C.U.M. Manifesto 1967, Delphine Seyrig faz uma leitura do manifesto epônimo de Valerie Solanas. Na televisão surgem imagens de eventos mundiais dominados por homens – homens esses que, segundo o manifesto, são seres biologicamente incompletos e agem por inveja da vagina.

Em S.C.U.M. Manifesto 1967, Delphine Seyrig faz uma leitura do manifesto epônimo de Valerie Solanas. Na televisão surgem imagens de eventos mundiais dominados por homens – homens esses que, segundo o manifesto, são seres biologicamente incompletos e agem por inveja da vagina.

A esposa de um desonrado diplomata francês sofre de “lepra da alma,” outro termo para tédio. Por meio de uma mistura de fofocas fora de tela, ficamos sabendo da conduta escandalosa de Anne-Marie na Índia dos anos 30 e seu destino fatal gerado pelo tédio e pela culpa colonial.

Karl, a young killer is to kill Kate, an adventurous lady living in a mansion by a lake. He approaches her but fails to kill her. Instead, he falls in love and becomes her lover ...

The painful life of a mentally unstable but highly gifted woman is unveiled in this film, based on episodes from the life of an actual person. Aloise (Delphine Seyrig) creates a series of haunting drawings while she is incarcerated in an institution for the insane in turn-of-the-century Switzerland. She endures torments as a musically gifted girl and later as a young woman; her developing madness and the barbaric treatments of the time are shown.

During the filming of "Jeanne Dielman" Sami Frey recorded what was happening on the set. A film about a film in the making.

O ano de 1975 é declarado “o ano da mulher,” e Bernard Pivot convida Françoise Giroud, então Secretária do Estado, para o seu programa de TV. Confrontando uma série de declarações misóginas, o coletivo de cineastas femininas “Les Insoumuses” faz uma paródia provocadora dos temas apresentados.

O ano de 1975 é declarado “o ano da mulher,” e Bernard Pivot convida Françoise Giroud, então Secretária do Estado, para o seu programa de TV. Confrontando uma série de declarações misóginas, o coletivo de cineastas femininas “Les Insoumuses” faz uma paródia provocadora dos temas apresentados.

Leo, the owner of the stocking product "Discrete", has driven his company into the wall; the company is virtually bankrupt.

The action begins in black and white, like a memory. Klaus is a Nazi military who has just failed an attempt on Hitler. Desperate, Klaus shoots and kills his children and then shoots at his pregnant wife and leaves her badly injured. Finally, attempts suicide, but at the last moment does not have the courage to pull the trigger, and flees on a motorcycle, having an accident ... The action continues in France. Jean-Claude is a handsome young man self-conscious about a malformation in his face. Jean-Claude lives with his parents, Jacques Bergé, an amnesiac man, self-enclosed and obsessed with Egyptian art, and Concepcion, a woman also closed in herself and obsessed with flowers from her garden, and apparently , suffering from paranoia.

O filho de um agente britânico é sequestrado e é pedido um resgate de diamantes. O agente descobre que não pode nem contar com as pessoas que ele achava que estavam do seu lado para ajudá-lo, então decide rastrear os sequestradores. (e 14 - Estimado 14 Anos)

Inês Etienne Romeu was an opponent to the Brazilian's dictatorship. She was kidnapped, tortured and raped in jail, where she stayed for almost 100 days. She was later sentenced to life imprisonment. She stayed ten years in prison, from 1971 to 1979. Delphine Seyrig directed this film in 1974, when Inês was still in prison, protesting against this imprisonment and in support to Inês.

Inês Etienne Romeu was an opponent to the Brazilian's dictatorship. She was kidnapped, tortured and raped in jail, where she stayed for almost 100 days. She was later sentenced to life imprisonment. She stayed ten years in prison, from 1971 to 1979. Delphine Seyrig directed this film in 1974, when Inês was still in prison, protesting against this imprisonment and in support to Inês.

Images from “La nuit des femmes”, an evening in support of the three Portuguese writers, Maria Isabel Barreno, Maria Teresa Horta and Maria Velho da Costa, who, for having published in 1972 the “Novas Cartas Portuguesas”, a collective work bringing together texts denouncing the alienating and patriarchal Portuguese society, were brought to justice and risked 2 to 5 years in prison for insulting good morals.

Inês Etienne Romeu was an opponent to the Brazilian's dictatorship. She was kidnapped, tortured and raped in jail, where she stayed for almost 100 days. She was later sentenced to life imprisonment. She stayed ten years in prison, from 1971 to 1979. Delphine Seyrig directed this film in 1974, when Inês was still in prison, protesting against this imprisonment and in support to Inês.

Nora Helmer lives a quiet life with her husband, Torvald, in a small Norwegian town. While he works diligently at a bank, she looks after their children. But Torvald doesn't know that several years ago, when he was very ill and she was desperate for money, Nora forged a loan document and has been secretly working to pay the money back ever since. The arrival of her friend Kristine prompts Nora to re-evaluate her life and confront Torvald.

Um assassino profissional conhecido pelo codinome "Chacal" é contratado para matar Charles de Gaulle, presidente da França. É o início dos anos 60 na França. Os sobreviventes restantes da extinta Legião Estrangeira Francesa, agora numa organização terrorista, a OAS, fizeram repetidas tentativas de matar o presidente francês Charles De Gaulle. O resultado é que ele se tornou o homem mais bem protegido do mundo. Em um ato de desespero eles contratam O Chacal, o codinome do assassino de aluguel que se compromete a matar De Gaulle em troca de meio milhão de dólares. Ele começa então a planejar a morte do famoso presidente francês para o dia 25 de agosto de 1963. Veremos os preparativos do assassino que são tão minuciosos que nos perguntaremos como ele poderia falhar, mesmo quando vemos a tentativa da polícia francesa de achar seu rastro. A situação é historicamente precisa. Houveram muitos desses atentados e o filme segue de perto o enredo do livro. (e 14 - Estimado 14 Anos)

On a Mediterranean cruise, a young man hired as a tour guide is intrigued by the beauty of a female interpreter hiding behind her sunglasses. He makes advances to her by venturing into a series of strange stories.

Um grupo de amigos de classe média/alta tenta várias vezes promover um jantar, mas alguma coisa sempre dá errado e lhes impede de conseguir todo o requinte necessário para uma digna refeição burguesa.

Ostende, Bélgica. Em um decadente hotel à beira-mar, Stefan e Valerie, um casal recém-casado, conhecem a misteriosa Condessa Báthory e Ilona, sua secretária.

French television adaptation of Moliere's play.

A look behind the scenes of Jacques Demy's Donkey Skin (1971).

Uma fada madrinha ajuda uma princesa a se disfarçar para que ela não tenha que se casar com seu pai.

Dois peregrinos decidem percorrer o sagrado Caminho de Santiago de Compostela. Durante a travessia, eles encontram personagens bíblicos e confrontam os dogmas do cristianismo.

Mr. Freedom, a bellowing good-ol'-boy superhero decked out in copious football padding, jets to France to cut off a Commie invasion from Switzerland. A destructive, arrogant patriot in tight pants, Freedom joins forces with Marie Madeleine to combat lefty freethinkers, as well as the insidious evildoers Moujik Man and inflatable Red China Man, culminating in a star-spangled showdown.

Mexican feature film

Após ser expulso do exército, Antoine Donel consegue um emprego como recepcionista de hotel, mas logo é demitido ao ajudar o detetive particular Henri. O ex-policial o leva para trabalhar em sua agência, mas, no primeiro caso que pega, Antoine se apaixona pela esposa do seu cliente e coloca tudo a perder.

Chick fell in love with Alise because of a shared passion for writer Jean-Sol Partre who gradually devoured their relationship. Soon after, Colin, the main character, also falls in love with a young girl, Chloe, but after their marriage she soon suffers from a strange illness: a water lily grows in her lungs.

Hedda and Tesman have just returned from their honeymoon and the relationship is already in trouble. Trapped but determined, Hedda tries to control those around her, only to see her own world unravel.

A husband and wife meet three years after their formal separation, when they return to the provincial town where they once lived to pick up their divorce decree.

A vida vã e insegura do professor de Oxford Stephen vira de pernas para o ar quando se apaixona por uma de suas alunas, Anna. Ela também atraiu a atenção de um aluno rico chamado William e de Charley, um colega cujo sucesso profissional e autoconfiança despertam inveja em Stephen.

In this excoriating satire of the fashion industry, Polly Maggoo is a 20-year-old Brooklyn-born fashion model in Paris, on the runway at the big shows where magazine editor Ms. Maxwell is the reigning opinion maker. The ridiculous passes for sublime. Polly becomes the subject of an episode of a vapid TV news documentary series called "Qui êtes-vous?" and is pursued by the filmmaker and by the prince of Borodine, a small country in the Soviet bloc.

TV movie of a play by Ivan Turgenev

An adaptation of the Beckett play

A little girl named Alice dreams about going through the looking-glass and becoming a queen in the mirror reality.

Delphine Seyrig is Catherine Miller, an internationally renowned pianist. Married and mother of a little boy, she leads a hectic life. Following a recital, she accepts a dinner with the music critic Gilles Bollème. This seemingly innocuous encounter gradually confronts Catherine with her own demons.

Uma viúva, dona de uma loja de antiguidades e o seu enteado vivem perturbados com difíceis lembranças do passado. Um antigo amor volta à vida da mulher e espanta o tédio da sua existência. Já o rapaz é assombrado pela memória das atrocidades que testemunhou durante a guerra da Argélia, quando uma jovem chamada Muriel foi torturada até à morte.

No luxuoso hotel, um estranho tenta convencer uma mulher casada a fugir com ele, alegando que ambos haviam tido um caso amoroso no ano anterior, em Marienbad. Mas a mulher não se lembra do relacionamento.

Pull My Daisy is a film that typifies the Beat Generation. Directed by Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie, Daisy was adapted by Jack Kerouac from the third act of his play, Beat Generation; Kerouac also provided improvised narration.