Title: Four Nights of a Dreamer Year: 1971 Director: Robert Bresson Cast: Isabelle Weingarten, Guillaume de Forêts, Maurice Monnoyer Synopsis: When Jacques hitchhikes to Paris he encounters Marthe, a young woman about to throw herself off of a bridge. After...
Title: The Trial of Joan of Arc Year: 1962 Director: Robert Bresson Cast: Florence Delay, Jean-Claude Fourneau, Roger Honorat, Marc Jacquier, Jean Gillibert, Michel Herubel Synopsis: Based on historical transcriptions, Bresson reconstructs the trial and execution of Joan of Arc....
Title: The Devil, Probably aka Le Diable Probablement Year: 1977 Director: Robert Bresson Cast: Antoine Monnier, Tiri Irissari, Henri de Maublanc Synopsis: Charles, a despondent student who struggles to find meaning in life, hires someone to shoot him to circumvent...
Title: Lancelot du Lac Year: 1974 Director: Robert Bresson Cast: Luc Simon, Humbert Balsan, Laura Duke Condominas, Patrick Bernhard Synopsis: After their failed quest for the Holy Grail, the surviving Knights of the Round Table, led by Lancelot, return to...
L’Argent was to be Robert Bresson’s final feature. If you’re worried, for some reason, that he switched up his style for his last hurrah, allow me to assuage your fears. He employs the same (surprisingly deep and emotional) flat affect as...
