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Alain Robbe-Grillet
Writer 1922 - 2008

Alain Robbe-Grillet

Brest, Finistère, France

Alain Robbe-Grillet was a French writer and filmmaker. He was, along with Nathalie Sarraute, Michel Butor and Claude Simon, one of the figures most associated with the Nouveau Roman (new novel) trend. Alain Robbe-Grillet was elected a member of the Académie française on March... Read full bio →

Filmography

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10 titles
Gradiva (C'est Gradiva qui vous appelle)

Gradiva (C'est Gradiva qui vous appelle)

Alain Robbe-Grillet 2006 1h 55m

An English historian travels to Morocco to work on a study of the painter Delacroix. He hears of a rare series of engravings and embarks on a search for them that takes him through the mysterious streets of the ancient medina.

La belle captive

La belle captive

Alain Robbe-Grillet 1983 1h 28m 5.8

Walter is told by his boss, Sara, to deliver an urgent letter to Henri de Corinthe. On the way he finds a beautiful woman he had been eying in a nightclub, lying in the road, bound up. He takes her to a villa to get a doctor, and ends up being locked in a bedroom with her.

Le jeu avec le feu

Le jeu avec le feu

Alain Robbe-Grillet 1975 1h 52m

Philippe Noiret plays a rich, Parisian banker whose daughter Carolina, (Anicee Alvine) is kidnapped by a ruthless organization. They threaten to have her abused by the sadistic clients of a brothel they run if Father doesn’t pay the ransom on time.

Glissements progressifs du plaisir

Glissements progressifs du plaisir

Alain Robbe-Grillet 1974 1h 42m 5.5

A cult erotic drama from the perverse imagination of Alain Robbe-Grillet, SUCCESSIVE SLIDINGS OF PLEASURE delves into the twisted mind of a young woman suspected in the stabbing death of her roommate Nora.

N. a pris les dés...

N. a pris les dés...

Alain Robbe-Grillet 1971 1h 16m 5.0

This enigmatic narrative and its outre content are pushed several degrees closer to total madness which scrambles an already ambiguous chronology to the point of free form collage.

L'éden et après

L'éden et après

Alain Robbe-Grillet 1970 1h 33m 5.0

A sado-machochistic interpretation of Alice in Wonderland.

L'homme qui ment

L'homme qui ment

Alain Robbe-Grillet 1968 1h 37m 7.0

Boris arrive dans un village, et se prétend l'ami d'un résistant disparu. Mais, au gré de ses conversations, notamment avec trois femmes énigmatiques qui ont bien connu le maquisard, ses descriptions du personnage se contredisent.

Trans-Europ-Express

Trans-Europ-Express

Alain Robbe-Grillet 1966 1h 35m 6.5

A director, producer and assistant take the Trans-Europ-Express from Paris to Antwerp, where they brainstorm ideas for a film about a greenhorn drug smuggler and a kinky prostitute.

L'immortelle

L'immortelle

Alain Robbe-Grillet 1963 1h 42m 7.3

A melancholy man meets a stunning, mysterious woman while he is traveling, and discovers she may or may not be involved in a prostitution ring. She disappears after their relationship lasts a few days, and though he searches for her, those around him pretend not to know who he is speaking of.

L'année dernière à Marienbad

L'année dernière à Marienbad

Alain Resnais 1961 1h 35m 8.4

At a weekend gathering, a man tells a woman that they had spent time there together a year prior. But, the woman has no recollection whatsoever and is convinced that he is simply fabricating the encounter. The more he speaks about their activities the previous year however, the more compelling he becomes.

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