Directing

Louis Grospierre

Born — Died

1927-06-23 — 2020-02-12

Place of birth

Buellas, France

Known for

Directing

Credits

16 titles

Louis Grospierre was a French film director and screenwriter active in the 1960s and 1970s. He directed films such as Le Temps des loups (1969) and Les Voraces (1973). Grospierre's films often delved into psychological drama and thriller genres, characterized by their intense narratives and complex characters. His contributions to French cinema are noted for their exploration of human psychology and moral ambiguity.

Known for

Les Anneaux de Bicêtre poster
10.0

At fifty, René Maugras has lost everything. This wealthy press boss fell into a coma and was rushed to hospital. He has since emerged from his worrying state of health but remains unable to move and communicate. He must also begin rehabilitation, which turns out to be particularly humiliating. Fortunately for him there is Blanche, his nurse, who surrounds him with affection. Blanche takes her case to heart.

Les Anneaux de Bicêtre

1977

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea poster
6.6

A Greek-Irish sailor becomes friends with a 10-year-old sampan girl while his freighter is docked in Hong Kong.

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

1995

Bruno: Sunday's Child poster
10.0

The weekend of August 15th gives the opportunity to Michel Fauvet, a recently divorced father, to spend two full days with Bruno, his thirteen-year-old son, that he can normally see only one Sunday a month. Feeling guilty, he tries to compensate for the trauma inflicted to Bruno by giving him presents. This time around, Michel has decided to treat him to a nice trip to Bruges and the Belgian Coast. Which will not prevent Bruno from asking his father disturbing questions.

Bruno: Sunday's Child

1969

Fatal Lovers poster
4.0

Following a dark story of sheep theft, Loup, nephew of Mark, the leader of a small community living in a tent city by the ocean in Connemara (Ireland), confronts Morholt, leader of a neighboring tribe. Severely wounded, he kills his opponent. For homicide, the representative of order and law, "the bishop", condemns him to go and find a bride for his uncle, Sedrid, famous in the whole country for his superb red hair.

Fatal Lovers

1990

Work and Freedom poster
8.0

Due to a garbage strike, inmates are called in to take care of the garbage collection. Taking advantage of this unexpected situation, three of them manage to elude their guards.

Work and Freedom

1959

Don Quijote poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Don Quijote

1965

Behind the camera

Les Anneaux de Bicêtre poster
10.0

At fifty, René Maugras has lost everything. This wealthy press boss fell into a coma and was rushed to hospital. He has since emerged from his worrying state of health but remains unable to move and communicate. He must also begin rehabilitation, which turns out to be particularly humiliating. Fortunately for him there is Blanche, his nurse, who surrounds him with affection. Blanche takes her case to heart.

Les Anneaux de Bicêtre

1977

Les Anneaux de Bicêtre poster
10.0

At fifty, René Maugras has lost everything. This wealthy press boss fell into a coma and was rushed to hospital. He has since emerged from his worrying state of health but remains unable to move and communicate. He must also begin rehabilitation, which turns out to be particularly humiliating. Fortunately for him there is Blanche, his nurse, who surrounds him with affection. Blanche takes her case to heart.

Les Anneaux de Bicêtre

1977

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea poster
6.6

A Greek-Irish sailor becomes friends with a 10-year-old sampan girl while his freighter is docked in Hong Kong.

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

1995

Bruno: Sunday's Child poster
10.0

The weekend of August 15th gives the opportunity to Michel Fauvet, a recently divorced father, to spend two full days with Bruno, his thirteen-year-old son, that he can normally see only one Sunday a month. Feeling guilty, he tries to compensate for the trauma inflicted to Bruno by giving him presents. This time around, Michel has decided to treat him to a nice trip to Bruges and the Belgian Coast. Which will not prevent Bruno from asking his father disturbing questions.

Bruno: Sunday's Child

1969

Bruno: Sunday's Child poster
10.0

The weekend of August 15th gives the opportunity to Michel Fauvet, a recently divorced father, to spend two full days with Bruno, his thirteen-year-old son, that he can normally see only one Sunday a month. Feeling guilty, he tries to compensate for the trauma inflicted to Bruno by giving him presents. This time around, Michel has decided to treat him to a nice trip to Bruges and the Belgian Coast. Which will not prevent Bruno from asking his father disturbing questions.

Bruno: Sunday's Child

1969

Fatal Lovers poster
4.0

Following a dark story of sheep theft, Loup, nephew of Mark, the leader of a small community living in a tent city by the ocean in Connemara (Ireland), confronts Morholt, leader of a neighboring tribe. Severely wounded, he kills his opponent. For homicide, the representative of order and law, "the bishop", condemns him to go and find a bride for his uncle, Sedrid, famous in the whole country for his superb red hair.

Fatal Lovers

1990

Work and Freedom poster
8.0

Due to a garbage strike, inmates are called in to take care of the garbage collection. Taking advantage of this unexpected situation, three of them manage to elude their guards.

Work and Freedom

1959

Work and Freedom poster
8.0

Due to a garbage strike, inmates are called in to take care of the garbage collection. Taking advantage of this unexpected situation, three of them manage to elude their guards.

Work and Freedom

1959

Don Quijote poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Don Quijote

1965

No artwork available
NR

A short drama about a former Auschwitz prisoner who tries to saves animals from an abattoir.

Simon

1962

Loose in the Trigger poster
5.5

Nicolas Pappas and Léon Dubois, two particularly calamitous killers, arrive in Paris, where a gangster boss in need of "staff", Jo Laguerre, hires them to cover the escape of the perpetrators of a hold-up. They get away with it as best they can and then find themselves in charge of liquidating a certain "Magnum"...

Loose in the Trigger

1967

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Bretonische Legende

1961

Battling le ténébreux poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Battling le ténébreux

1984

Les Femmes de Stermetz poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Les Femmes de Stermetz

1957

Les Femmes de Stermetz poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Les Femmes de Stermetz

1957

Decameron '69 poster
4.0

Inspired by Giovanni Boccaccio's 14th-century collection of novellas known as The Decameron, this innovative film combines short works from seven directors who set out to interpret Boccaccio's masterwork for the modern age. The result is an assortment of titillating tales ranging from the erotic to the tragic.

Decameron '69

1969