Alain Cavalier Movies

A shallow, provincial wife finds her relationship with her preoccupied husband strained by romantic notions of love, leading her further towards...

The life of little St. Therese of Lisieux, depicted in minimalist vignettes. Therese and her sisters are all nuns in a Carmelite convent. Her...

In this drama that alludes to the Algerian War with France of the 1960s, Thomas is a deserter from the French Foreign Legion who is on the run from...

Over the course of one night, a gang of twelve criminals carry out a commando-like raid on a small town.

A self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.

In the countryside near Normandy's beaches lives Marie, unhappy. It's 1945, she's married to Jérôme, a somewhat fussy milquetoast,...

The mistress of a wealthy man misses material comforts when she leaves him for a younger lover.

"In this film you will see a woman's handkerchief tied around a man's wrist, a well-shaven pig's head, some adolescents who are more inventive than...

Variations of the three portraits of the movie L'amitié.

“I have on occasion experienced filmmaking as an intensely shared activity. Lively friendships result and remain. Filming that affection today...

A loving couple Martin and Lea have some problems with each other too.

A man walks a length of railroad track, looking for his elderly mother whom he believes fell from the train at some point. He brings his daughter...

During a year, they would meet and film each other. The filmmaker and the actor, the President and his prime minister, Alain Cavalier and Vincent...

The charismatic, surly son of a wealthy industrialist, Clément, leads a double life as a member of a right-wing extremist organization. When...

René, a children's theater performer, has a problem : he is a hearty eater and he weighs no less than 155 kilos. After being abandoned by his...

An enchanting mini-portrait of Antoinette, an 86½-year-old magician. Clad in a dress coat and white satin top hat, the elegant Parisienne...

"Since childhood, I've had the good fortune of going through two mini depressions of happiness, and I'm serenely awaiting the third. This alone is...

When a young auto salesman is forced to give up a vacation with his wife in order to drive a big American car to its new owner who lives on the...