Jean-Claude Rousseau Movies
- 2022
The Tomb of Kafka
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“You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait. Do not even wait, be quiet still...
- 2018
Une Vie Risquée
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Short film commissioned by the Cinemathèque Suisse to celebrate Jean-Marie Straub’s 85th birthday.
- 2012
Saudade
Saudade7.22012HD
“My eyes are imprisoned/ Weeping with great longing”. Soèdade (saudade) — “longing” or “yearning”...
- 2025
Requiem
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As the orchestra choir settles into the church choir, the trombonist blows into his instrument as a warm-up. Mozart's name appears at the top of the...
- 2014
Remembering Wavelengths
Remembering Wavelengths72014HD
Jean-Claude Rousseau homage to Michael Snow’s film Wavelength.
- 1995
The Enclosed Valley
The Enclosed Valley7.21995HD
My films are like that: in a room, but looking out onto an open sky. [...] I can’t really say it except to repeat that Bresson note,...
- 2007
De son Appartement
De son Appartement5.52007HD
The continuing demand for high standards is what sets Rouseau's work apart. What makes this film distinctive is the way Rousseau explicitly returns...
- 2013
L'air d’être là
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- 2016
Chansons d'amour
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A man spends his time sitting by a window that overlooks a pool.
- 2010
Veduta
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Veduta means "view". A plan of the city of Florence.
- 2006
False Start
False Start5.82006HD
A man is waiting in a hotel.
- 2015
Passion
Passion02015HD
At first glance, Jean-Claude Rousseau’s films seem like quickly outlined sketches. They are snapshots of various situations and locations, as...
- 2004
Just Before the Storm
Just Before the Storm6.52004HD
Three friends lounge around on pillows after having lunched on the terrace. One of them leaves staggering. It is a matter of expectation and...
- 2024
Flamenco
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‘Her triumph was the dance named Flamenco. What a tragic dance! It is, so to speak, all passion expressed in three acts: desire, seduction, and...
- 2019
In Memoriam
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A hotel room and a few sweets, their wrappers stacked like gold leaf... An interview with Chantal Akerman and ongoing coverage of the 2015 terrorist...
- 2011
Attic
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- 2008
L'Appel de la forêt
L'Appel de la forêt02008HD
L'Appel de la forêt follows the call of nature, but, as it is always the case with Jean-Claude Rousseau, in the form of an image. At first...
- 2017
So Far, So Close
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A journey to Kyoto. From the temple’s highest terrace visitors have a view of the city in the distance, under the changing sky.
- 2007
Twice Around the World
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- 2024
Où sont tous mes amants?
Où sont tous mes amants?72024HD