
Directing
Dominique de Rivaz
Born
1953-02-06 (73)
Place of birth
Zürich, Switzerland
Known for
Directing
Credits
15 titles
Known for
9.5Marcello Mastroianni, Isabelle Adjani, Alain Delon, Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen... the biggest stars in cinema were welcomed by Christian Defaye on his show Spécial cinéma. Between intimate confessions from actors and immersion in the world of the greatest filmmakers, Christian Defaye took viewers on a journey into the fascinating world of cinema for nearly thirty years.
Spécial cinéma
1974
That winter, no snow fell on Saint-Florent-le-Vieil. But it was very cold. According to custom, Aélia, the young bride, is pursued by the entire wedding party. She takes refuge in the church she has just left. Suddenly, she discovers the cold presence of a stone effigy. Months passed. Aélia seemed wary of her husband. The village gossiped. One day, she saw two white peacocks mating. The next day, she gave herself to the effigy. She was overcome with a sense of immense wonder.
Aélia
1985
6.1Composer Johann Sebastian Bach is introduced to King Frederick II of Prussia in 1747. The aging composer and the young monarch clash and a battle of egos ensues.
My Name Is Bach
2004
No synopsis available yet.
Chère Jacqueline
2005
NRLooking for easy money, three young dropouts auction themselves on the Internet. One sells his future, one sells his past. The third sells his soul. What starts off as an unlikely trick turns into a nightmare when they discover they've sold their very existences.
Luftbusiness
2008
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Un selfie avec Anton Tchekhov
2022
Series credits
Behind the camera
That winter, no snow fell on Saint-Florent-le-Vieil. But it was very cold. According to custom, Aélia, the young bride, is pursued by the entire wedding party. She takes refuge in the church she has just left. Suddenly, she discovers the cold presence of a stone effigy. Months passed. Aélia seemed wary of her husband. The village gossiped. One day, she saw two white peacocks mating. The next day, she gave herself to the effigy. She was overcome with a sense of immense wonder.
Aélia
1985
6.1Composer Johann Sebastian Bach is introduced to King Frederick II of Prussia in 1747. The aging composer and the young monarch clash and a battle of egos ensues.
My Name Is Bach
2004
6.1Composer Johann Sebastian Bach is introduced to King Frederick II of Prussia in 1747. The aging composer and the young monarch clash and a battle of egos ensues.
My Name Is Bach
2004
No synopsis available yet.
Chère Jacqueline
2005
NRLooking for easy money, three young dropouts auction themselves on the Internet. One sells his future, one sells his past. The third sells his soul. What starts off as an unlikely trick turns into a nightmare when they discover they've sold their very existences.
Luftbusiness
2008
NRLooking for easy money, three young dropouts auction themselves on the Internet. One sells his future, one sells his past. The third sells his soul. What starts off as an unlikely trick turns into a nightmare when they discover they've sold their very existences.
Luftbusiness
2008
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Un selfie avec Anton Tchekhov
2022
8.0From August to October 1942, over 2250 Jews were deported from the internment camp of Rivesaltes to Auschwitz by way of Drancy. Among them were 110 children. Friedel Bohny-Reiter, a nurse with the Swiss Aid to Children, worked in this camp in the South of France. Like many others in the formerly unoccupied zone, it was run by the French. Once a military camp, it had been converted in 1941 into a transit camp regrouping Jewish, Gypsy and Spanish people living in the area or who had fled to the free zone as refugees. Thanks to the young nurse from Basel, many children were probably saved from certain death. The film follows the nurse on a visit to that still intact site as well as through the pages of the journal she wrote in those dark days, published by Editions Zoë, Geneva in 1993.
Journal de Rivesaltes 1941-42
1997
A message arrives from Northern Ireland bearing a mission. From a stormy sea, a film will be born.
Bubble Wrap
2019
No synopsis available yet.
Surmatants - La Danse de la mort
1997
No synopsis available yet.
Mon père c'est un lion - Jean Rouch pour mémoire
2002
No synopsis available yet.
Georges Borgeaud ou les bonheurs de l'écriture
1993
At dawn on September 29, 1941, tens of thousands of Jews from Kyiv set off for Babi Yar and never returned. Lena, a young woman, watched them leave. There are some sufferings that can only be spoken of in whispers.
Le jour du bain
1994
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Élégie pour un phare
2013
