Directing
Yvan Lagrange
Born
1950-01-03 (76)
Place of birth
Paris, France
Known for
Directing
Credits
50 titles
The son of a painter and plastician father and a photographer mother, he also is the nephew of a cinematographer. A film director since 1967, he directed experimental films. He played in a few films (1967 Le Sourire bleu, short; 1972 What a Flash!, Jean-Michel Barjol; 1976 La Ville Bidon, Jacques Baratier, shot in 1970) and has exhibited his paintings and photos in many galleries since the early 1990s.
Known for
5.8A fake documentary on the life forms of the Paris Suburbs, viewed through the eyes of homeless, unemployed people the sharks of politics and building societies push to hopeless life.
La Décharge
1976
Last short film directed by Yvan Lagrange. A human-looking alien, arriving from a water planet, discovers Paris, humans, society and its rules, love.
La méduse
1988
5.1The producers of this French film took approximately 100 people, put them on a soundstage and had them improvise this film based on the premise that they are on a spaceship escaping from the dictators of earth and only have a few days to live. Improvisation is a dangerous art-form; unprepared amateurs invariably come up with gross caricatures when challenged to improvise. The actors' choices in this film include an allegorical pageant of the life of Jesus, a marriage, an orgy, and some genuinely affectionate moments. Nonetheless, as an experimental effort in large-group improvisation, the film is instructive. - Clarke Fountain, Rovi
What a Flash!
1972
7.5Jeanne 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 that he's dead.
Wall Engravings
1968
6.0Botticelli's Venus emerges from the waters, that of Yvan Lagrange, is she shipwrecked?...
Dérive 'Le naufrage de Vénus'
1974
No synopsis available yet.
L'héroïne de l'enfance
1975
Film credits
1970s · 7 titles
5.8A fake documentary on the life forms of the Paris Suburbs, viewed through the eyes of homeless, unemployed people the sharks of politics and building societies push to hopeless life.
La Décharge
1976
5.1The producers of this French film took approximately 100 people, put them on a soundstage and had them improvise this film based on the premise that they are on a spaceship escaping from the dictators of earth and only have a few days to live. Improvisation is a dangerous art-form; unprepared amateurs invariably come up with gross caricatures when challenged to improvise. The actors' choices in this film include an allegorical pageant of the life of Jesus, a marriage, an orgy, and some genuinely affectionate moments. Nonetheless, as an experimental effort in large-group improvisation, the film is instructive. - Clarke Fountain, Rovi
What a Flash!
1972
No synopsis available yet.
L'héroïne de l'enfance
1975
9.0A musical fresco retracing the lives of singers of the 60s. Killi-Watch and Surprise-partie retrace the musical epic of the variety singers of the 60s. Music hall show with playback.
L'Idole Des Jeunes
1976
6.3This magnificently photographed French film tells the ancient legend of Tristan and Isolde to the accompaniment of an operatic musical score by MAGMA. Tristan is a young warrior who has been sent to Ireland from Cornwall to bring back Isolde, the bride of his king. The two of them drink a love potion, fall in love, and, despite the wrath of their people, persist in their tragic love.
Tristan and Isolde
1972
No synopsis available yet.
Paradise Hotel
1975
NRFamily, religion, food, sex, death. All the obsessions of Yvan Lagrange in one film.
Quelques larmes de sang
1973
Behind the camera
Last short film directed by Yvan Lagrange. A human-looking alien, arriving from a water planet, discovers Paris, humans, society and its rules, love.
La méduse
1988
Last short film directed by Yvan Lagrange. A human-looking alien, arriving from a water planet, discovers Paris, humans, society and its rules, love.
La méduse
1988
6.0Botticelli's Venus emerges from the waters, that of Yvan Lagrange, is she shipwrecked?...
Dérive 'Le naufrage de Vénus'
1974
6.0Botticelli's Venus emerges from the waters, that of Yvan Lagrange, is she shipwrecked?...
Dérive 'Le naufrage de Vénus'
1974
No synopsis available yet.
L'héroïne de l'enfance
1975
No synopsis available yet.
L'héroïne de l'enfance
1975
No synopsis available yet.
Jesus Cola
1985
9.0A musical fresco retracing the lives of singers of the 60s. Killi-Watch and Surprise-partie retrace the musical epic of the variety singers of the 60s. Music hall show with playback.
L'Idole Des Jeunes
1976
6.3This magnificently photographed French film tells the ancient legend of Tristan and Isolde to the accompaniment of an operatic musical score by MAGMA. Tristan is a young warrior who has been sent to Ireland from Cornwall to bring back Isolde, the bride of his king. The two of them drink a love potion, fall in love, and, despite the wrath of their people, persist in their tragic love.
Tristan and Isolde
1972
6.3This magnificently photographed French film tells the ancient legend of Tristan and Isolde to the accompaniment of an operatic musical score by MAGMA. Tristan is a young warrior who has been sent to Ireland from Cornwall to bring back Isolde, the bride of his king. The two of them drink a love potion, fall in love, and, despite the wrath of their people, persist in their tragic love.
Tristan and Isolde
1972
One of the first medium-length films directed by Yvan Lagrange. Shot in black and white practically in its entirety, appreciating the influence exerted by Philippe Garrel on the author.
Les 10000 soleils d'Auderghem
1969
One of the first medium-length films directed by Yvan Lagrange. Shot in black and white practically in its entirety, appreciating the influence exerted by Philippe Garrel on the author.
Les 10000 soleils d'Auderghem
1969
A year and a half after "Le Lit e la vierge", Zouzou and Pierre Clémenti are in another bed, this time in front of a window, with Sacré-Coeur in the background. Filmed in two days, in July 1970, with a stolen film from the ORTF, this film, a tribute to these two vedettes of the French underground, is of immense beauty. The title is inspired by the silhouette of Pierre Clémenti, evocative, for Lagrange, of the male physicist during the Renaissance. Grandson of Léo Lagrange and nephew of the chief operator Ghislain Cloquet, Yvan Lagrange is two years younger than Philippe Garrel. "Renaissance", his first film, shows to what extent his generation was influenced by Garrel.
Renaissance
1970
A year and a half after "Le Lit e la vierge", Zouzou and Pierre Clémenti are in another bed, this time in front of a window, with Sacré-Coeur in the background. Filmed in two days, in July 1970, with a stolen film from the ORTF, this film, a tribute to these two vedettes of the French underground, is of immense beauty. The title is inspired by the silhouette of Pierre Clémenti, evocative, for Lagrange, of the male physicist during the Renaissance. Grandson of Léo Lagrange and nephew of the chief operator Ghislain Cloquet, Yvan Lagrange is two years younger than Philippe Garrel. "Renaissance", his first film, shows to what extent his generation was influenced by Garrel.
Renaissance
1970
A film by Yvan Lagrange.
La famille
1971
A film by Yvan Lagrange.
La famille
1971
A film by Yvan Lagrange.
La famille
1971
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Croisière
1975
No synopsis available yet.
Paradise Hotel
1975
No synopsis available yet.
Paradise Hotel
1975
NRNo synopsis available yet.
John et la pomme
1968
NRNo synopsis available yet.
John et la pomme
1968
5.0During a game of rite-of-passage, a couple of teenagers dive in the deep waters of a swimming-pool where they discover another dimension.
La citadelle engloutie
1983
NRFamily, religion, food, sex, death. All the obsessions of Yvan Lagrange in one film.
Quelques larmes de sang
1973
NRFamily, religion, food, sex, death. All the obsessions of Yvan Lagrange in one film.
Quelques larmes de sang
1973
No synopsis available yet.
Little Babylone
1988
No synopsis available yet.
Bouddha
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No synopsis available yet.
Angel Dust
2000
No synopsis available yet.
L'ether
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Lolita
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Love Song
2000
No synopsis available yet.
L'enfant
1968
No synopsis available yet.
Odette à l'Amour
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Berlin
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Les couloirs de la décadence
1967
No synopsis available yet.
Chants de l'aube a la nuit
1979
No synopsis available yet.
Les musiciens dans la ville
1977
No synopsis available yet.
New York
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Lorelei
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Dawn
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