Pierre Assouline

Writing

Pierre Assouline

Born

1953-04-17 (73)

Place of birth

Casablanca, Morocco

Known for

Writing

Credits

20 titles

Pierre Assouline (born 17 April 1953) is a French writer and journalist. He was born in Casablanca, Morocco to a Jewish family. He has published several novels and biographies, and also contributes articles for the print media and broadcasts for radio. As a biographer, he has covered a diverse and eclectic range of subjects, including: Henri Cartier-Bresson, the legendary photographer; Marcel Dassault, the aeronautics pioneer; Gaston Gallimard, the publisher; Hergé, the creator of The Adventures of Tintin; Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, the art dealer; Georges Simenon, the detective novelist and creator of Inspector Maigret. Several of these books have been translated into English and the Henri …

Known for

Vivement dimanche poster
3.6

No synopsis available yet.

Vivement dimanche

1998

Apostrophes poster
8.5

Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years (724 episodes) from January 10, 1975, to June 22, 1990, and was one of the most watched shows on French television (around 6 million regular viewers). It was broadcast on Friday nights on the channel France 2 (which was called "Antenne 2" from 1975 to 1992). The hourlong show was devoted to books, authors and literature. The format varied between one-on-one interviews with a single author and open discussions between four or five authors.

Apostrophes

1975

C à vous poster
6.1

Every day live on FRANCE 5, Anne-Élisabeth Lemoine and her team receive those who make the news. In the second part, the program welcomes, around a meal prepared by a qualified chef, artists in promotion.

C à vous

2009

Rembob'Ina poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Rembob'Ina

2018

L.A. Without a Map poster
5.8

An aspiring Hollywood actress, on a visit to a charming North England town, has a brief fling with the town undertaker, who also writes obituaries for the local paper. Returning home, where she works as a waitress at a Japanese restaurant, she tells everyone about the handsome "writer" she met on her trip. Unfortunately, he decides to follow her back to Hollywood, setting up the expected light romantic comedy with asides as the newcomer gains experience about the goings on in Hollywood.

L.A. Without a Map

1999

Les vendredis d'Apostrophes poster
6.0

Hours and historical meetings, Pierre Assouline has composed an anthology of the best extracts presented in the form of a primer, which he had commented on by a surprised Bernard Pivot.

Les vendredis d'Apostrophes

2015

Film credits

2010s · 5 titles

Les vendredis d'Apostrophes poster
6.0

Hours and historical meetings, Pierre Assouline has composed an anthology of the best extracts presented in the form of a primer, which he had commented on by a surprised Bernard Pivot.

Les vendredis d'Apostrophes

2015

The Clouzot Scandal poster
6.6

Great filmmakers claim the artistic influence of French director Henri-Georges Clouzot (1907-1977), a master of suspense, with a unique vision of the world, who knew how to offer both great shows and subtle studies of characters. Beyond the myth of the tyrannical director, a contrasting portrait of a visionary, an agitator, an artist against the system.

The Clouzot Scandal

2017

Renoir and the Girl with a Blue Ribbon poster
NR

This documentary follows three parallel stories. First, that of the masterpiece, The Little Girl with the Blue Ribbon, this melancholic Renoir work with the "musical face" described by Henri Michaux. The painting was constantly tossed around, shelved by its patrons, looted by the Nazis, found by the Monument Men, recovered by the family, sold to a controversial collector, before finally arriving at the Kunsthaus Zurich. We also discover the painter's biography, and the eventful life of his model, Irene Cahen d'Anvers. Born into the Jewish upper middle class, this free and divorced woman long disowned the painting and left it to her daughter, who was murdered at Auschwitz. Discover the tumultuous journey of this painting, its model, Irene Cahen d'Anvers, and its connection to the dark hours of the Nazi regime.

Renoir and the Girl with a Blue Ribbon

2019

Victor Hugo : la face cachée du grand homme poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Victor Hugo : la face cachée du grand homme

2012

Le procès Céline poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Le procès Céline

2011

Series credits

Behind the camera

L.A. Without a Map poster
5.8

An aspiring Hollywood actress, on a visit to a charming North England town, has a brief fling with the town undertaker, who also writes obituaries for the local paper. Returning home, where she works as a waitress at a Japanese restaurant, she tells everyone about the handsome "writer" she met on her trip. Unfortunately, he decides to follow her back to Hollywood, setting up the expected light romantic comedy with asides as the newcomer gains experience about the goings on in Hollywood.

L.A. Without a Map

1999

Les vendredis d'Apostrophes poster
6.0

Hours and historical meetings, Pierre Assouline has composed an anthology of the best extracts presented in the form of a primer, which he had commented on by a surprised Bernard Pivot.

Les vendredis d'Apostrophes

2015

De Gaulle vs Churchill : Mémoires de guerre, guerre des mémoires poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

De Gaulle vs Churchill : Mémoires de guerre, guerre des mémoires

2024

Vanaprastham poster
7.8

Kunhikuttan, a famous Kathakali dancer, meets Subhadra, a woman from an upper caste family, who falls in love with his character rather than himself.

Vanaprastham

1999

The Marguerite Duras Century poster
NR

Marguerite Duras still has much to tell us about her words and about her silences. In this film, hers is the only voice we hear. She talks about herself, without excuses, and with the keen wit, the humour, and the straightforward attitude that became her trademark.

The Marguerite Duras Century

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The Marguerite Duras Century poster
NR

Marguerite Duras still has much to tell us about her words and about her silences. In this film, hers is the only voice we hear. She talks about herself, without excuses, and with the keen wit, the humour, and the straightforward attitude that became her trademark.

The Marguerite Duras Century

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The Lévi-Strauss Century poster
NR

Documentary about one of the greatest French thinkers of the twentieth century, Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908-2009).

The Lévi-Strauss Century

2016

The Lévi-Strauss Century poster
NR

Documentary about one of the greatest French thinkers of the twentieth century, Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908-2009).

The Lévi-Strauss Century

2016

Le Siècle de Cartier-Bresson poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Le Siècle de Cartier-Bresson

2012