Directing
Pierre Rissient
Acting credits
7.2The epic life story of Alice Guy-Blaché (1873–1968), a French screenwriter, director and producer, true pioneer of cinema, the first person who made a narrative fiction film; author of hundreds of movies, but banished from history books. Ignored and forgotten. At last remembered.
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
2018
6.3French documentary about the life of American actress and New Wave icon Jean Seberg.
Jean Seberg Forever
2014
7.1With Taiwan remaining in the grip of martial law in 1982, a group of filmmakers from that country set out to establish a cultural identity through cinema and to share it with the world. This engaging documentary looks at the movement's legacy.
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
2014
4.5Claude Ventura's documentary Chambre 12, Hotel de Suede, was made for the French television channel Arte in 1993. Ventura checks into room twelve in the hotel's final week of operation: it is demolished the day after he checks out. Room twelve was one of the principal locations for Jean-Luc Godard's New Wave masterpiece Breathless, and Ventura's documentary investigates the production of Godard's film.
Chambre 12, Hôtel de Suède
1993
7.3No synopsis available yet.
Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands
2004
6.9Hong Kong, 1978. South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee is kidnapped by North Korean operatives following orders from dictator Kim Jong-il.
The Lovers and the Despot
2016
4.0A veteran film critic explores the legacy of Cannes Film Festival regular Pierre Rissient.
Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema
2007
Interview of french producer Pierre Rissient about Abraham Polonsky
On Abraham Polonsky
2005
9.0A profile of Toh Hai Leong, the director of the Singaporean mockumentary Zombie Dogs, and his battle with Type 2 diabetes.
F.
2007
Behind the camera
6.4Grace Dalrymple Elliot is a British aristocrat trapped in Paris during the French Revolution. Determined to maintain her stiff upper lip and pampered life despite the upheaval, Grace continues her friendship with the Duke of Orléans while risking her life and liberty to protect a fugitive.
The Lady and the Duke
2001
6.0Intense love and hate bring a man and woman through personal tragedy.
Boesman and Lena
2000
5.5An aimless American translator gets involved with a series of Hong Kong women.
One Night Stand
1976
5.5An aimless American translator gets involved with a series of Hong Kong women.
One Night Stand
1976
6.4Ivan, a writer living in Manila, walks through the city in search of his past.
Five and the Skin
1982
6.4Ivan, a writer living in Manila, walks through the city in search of his past.
Five and the Skin
1982
A short film directed by Pierre Rissient.
La passe de trois
1961
A film about indian filmmaker Mehboob Khan by Pierre Rissient.
Mehboob's anthology
1992
A short film directed by Pierre Rissient.
Les genoux d'Ariane
1961