René Allio
René Allio (3 August 1924, Marseille – 27 March 1995, Paris) was a French film and theater director. Allio was born on March 8, 1924 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. He was a writer and director, known for La vieille dame indigne (1965), Les camisards (1972) and Moi,... Read full bio →
Contre l'oubli
A compilation of 30 French filmmakers, Alain Resnais and Jean Luc Godard among them, who use film to make a plea on behalf of a political prisoner. Jean Luc Godard and Anne Marie Mieville's film concerns the plight of Thomas Wanggai, West Papuan activist who has since died in prison. The short films were commissioned by Amnesty International.
Le matelot 512
Max, who dreams of adventures, abandons his studies at 18 to become involved in the navy. He becomes the sailor 512.
L'heure exquise
In the streets of Marseille, René Allio encounters, once again, the spaces of his childhood, and remembers his family history.
Moi, Pierre Rivière, ayant égorgé ma mère, ma soeur et mon frère...
Based on documents compiled by leading French philosopher Michel Foucault, this unique and original film charts the gruesome events which took place in a Normandy village in 1835, when a young man, Pierre Rivière, murdered his mother, sister and brother before fleeing to the countryside.
Rude journée pour la reine
Jeanne leads a very sad life alongside an authoritarian companion secretly humiliated to be only a night watchman in a department store.
Les camisards
King Louis XIV orders all Protestants to convert to Catholicism.
La vieille dame indigne
Madame Bertini, a newly widowed 70-year-old miser, has lived a sheltered life in squalour. She determines to venture into the modern world and have as much fun as possible, and in doing so finds that she loves it. She blows her life savings, much to the disapproval of the young people around her.