Directing
Pierre Zucca
Place of birth
Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Known for
Directing
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14 titles
Pierre Zucca was a French film director and photographer known for his unique visual style and contributions to French cinema. He began his career as a photographer, capturing portraits of notable figures in the arts. Zucca transitioned to filmmaking in the 1970s, directing films such as Roberte (1979) and L'Œil qui ment (1992). His films often blended surrealism with narrative storytelling, creating a distinctive cinematic experience.
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Ciné regards
1978
7.8A committed filmmaker struggles to complete his latest project while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.
Day for Night
1973
3.5An old con-man fakes an illness and takes advantage of the kindness of one of his nurses.
Lark, I'll Pluck You!
1988
5.2This is the tale of a father-son duo who are unable to leave each other. The trouble begins when the son decides to destroy his father's image.
Vincent Put the Donkey in a Meadow (And Went Into the Other)
1976
Journalist and television presenter Patrick Gemet accepted the invitation of Victor Lumen to visit him in his old and strange Burgundian residence.
The Secret of Mister L
1983
5.1After graduating from high school where she was a boarder, Reine Ducasse decides to settle down with her rich father Louis in his luxurious apartment. She has just begun her studies in history and has a good friend, Frédéric, a medical student who wouldn't mind being more than just that. Around her, strange fellows attract her attention. Who is Philippe, allegedly Louis's stockbroker? And what about Marguerite who presents herself as her father's former secretary? Even more puzzling is the video cassette she finds in her father's place, showing young motorbikers distributing bundles of banknotes. Some time later, Charles, one of the bikers appearing on the video, rings the doorbell: he is wounded.
Robin
1985
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Behind the camera
3.5An old con-man fakes an illness and takes advantage of the kindness of one of his nurses.
Lark, I'll Pluck You!
1988
5.2This is the tale of a father-son duo who are unable to leave each other. The trouble begins when the son decides to destroy his father's image.
Vincent Put the Donkey in a Meadow (And Went Into the Other)
1976
Journalist and television presenter Patrick Gemet accepted the invitation of Victor Lumen to visit him in his old and strange Burgundian residence.
The Secret of Mister L
1983
Journalist and television presenter Patrick Gemet accepted the invitation of Victor Lumen to visit him in his old and strange Burgundian residence.
The Secret of Mister L
1983
5.1After graduating from high school where she was a boarder, Reine Ducasse decides to settle down with her rich father Louis in his luxurious apartment. She has just begun her studies in history and has a good friend, Frédéric, a medical student who wouldn't mind being more than just that. Around her, strange fellows attract her attention. Who is Philippe, allegedly Louis's stockbroker? And what about Marguerite who presents herself as her father's former secretary? Even more puzzling is the video cassette she finds in her father's place, showing young motorbikers distributing bundles of banknotes. Some time later, Charles, one of the bikers appearing on the video, rings the doorbell: he is wounded.
Robin
1985
5.1After graduating from high school where she was a boarder, Reine Ducasse decides to settle down with her rich father Louis in his luxurious apartment. She has just begun her studies in history and has a good friend, Frédéric, a medical student who wouldn't mind being more than just that. Around her, strange fellows attract her attention. Who is Philippe, allegedly Louis's stockbroker? And what about Marguerite who presents herself as her father's former secretary? Even more puzzling is the video cassette she finds in her father's place, showing young motorbikers distributing bundles of banknotes. Some time later, Charles, one of the bikers appearing on the video, rings the doorbell: he is wounded.
Robin
1985
At the "Hôtel des pêcheurs," men gather to participate in a fishing competition. Everything suggests that they have been more drawn to the enchanting song of Antoinette, the pretty guest staying in room number three. Pascal, a forty-something man with a troubled personality, fantasizes about this siren, whom he would like to catch in his nets.
Under the Sign of the Fish
1984
Leaud portrays a Parisian publisher of romance novels who hits on the gimmick of having his live-in girlfriend (carrot-top cutie Helene Lapiower) pose as author Rosine de Beaumont for book jacket and autograph signings. She's an immediate hit but rebels against being exploited, and throws Leaud out of their apartment. Complications occur when she meets a nerd (Rufus) claiming to be the book's author, leading to discovery of the real author (Thierry Fortineau), a bookseller who"s so happy to be in print at last that he's not to miffed at the deception. Climax shot at Charles de Gaulle Airport neatly weaves plot threads together for a blissfully happy ending.
Paperback Woman
1989
4.3Roberte, 40, resistant during the war, Calvinist and anticlerical, is deputy to the chamber and inspector of Censorship. She married Octave, an old Catholic aesthete, professor of canon law, whom she saves from impeachment for collaboration during the war. He submits his wife to a perverse custom: the laws of hospitality or prostitution of the wife by the husband.
Roberte
1979
No synopsis available yet.
Balthus
1981
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Porte de Bagnolet
1993
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Porte de Bagnolet
1993
