Guy Gilles Movies

Poetic stroll in the work of Jean Genet.

A day in Aurillac on a rainy Sunday.

Jeanne looks back on her love for Jean. The melancholic young man wouldn't accept the world as it was, always wishing to depart. She doesn't know...

Algiers, summer, a Sunday. A young loving couple goes to Tipaza: strolls on the beach, detour to the dancing, scooter rides. Imperceptibly, the...

The rock-wild youth of the 1960s during the apparitions of their idols.

Guy Gilles' 1962 short on the wintertime in Paris.

This short film by Jacques Demy was based on his memories of growing up in Nantes, France. While it was initially made for the omnibus film THE SEVEN...

François Naulet turns his bedroom into an island of drugs, loneliness and despair.

The Tunisian born hero of the film decides to break with his disorganized yet habit-ridden life in Paris, and sets off to discover his homeland,...

The real museum of Mexico City is the city, the street. To grasp the intangible, Guy Gilles decides to tell the story of Mexico by questioning the...

Guy Gilles films the lives of young artists aged 12 to 18, members of a circus that has set up camp for two weeks at Porte Maillot in Paris. Between...

An issue of the television series La vie filmée, based on films by amateur filmmakers, and retracing here the life of the French between 1946...

Documentary about a small village near Le Mans, commented by the village school-teacher.

A verlan discussion in a cafe between two young people about a motorbike and girls.

During her holiday in Brest, a young Parisian falls in love with a sailor. But autumn comes and the two lovers have to part. They write to each...

The fortunes of a small theatrical company based in the Paris suburbs.

This colorful documentary chronicles the events of the 1968 Winter Olympics in France. The events made international celebrities of skater Peggy...