Direction: Jean-Claude Rousseau

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Jean-Claude Rousseau. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


La Vallée close

1995 · Documentary · 144 min. · France

8.1

72 votes

8.1

72 votes

Les Antiquités de Rome

1989 · Documentary · 105 min. · France

Direction Jean-Claude Rousseau

Plot Rousseau’s first full-length feature, and one of the best documentaries/experimental films of the past few decades, sprung equally from Robert Bresson, Michael Snow, and Jean-Marie Straub (who has called Rousseau...

7.6

25 votes

7.6

25 votes

Venise n'existe pas (S)

1984 · Documentary · 11 min. · France

Direction Jean-Claude Rousseau

Plot “If he leaned out the window, if he did that movement, if he risked to fall or to drop the camera, if he leaned to fall, then he would see...

7.5

34 votes

7.5

34 votes

7.4

54 votes

Keep in Touch (S)

1987 · Documentary · 25 min. · France

7.1

37 votes

7.1

37 votes

Senza mostra (S)

2011 · Documentary · 11 min. · France

6.3

22 votes

6.3

22 votes

Saudade (S)

2012 · Documentary · 14 min. · France

Direction Jean-Claude Rousseau

Plot My eyes are imprisoned Weeping with great longing - Santa Maria's Songs, XIIIth century

5.9

29 votes

5.9

29 votes

Veduta (S)

2010 · Documentary · 2 min. · France

Direction Jean-Claude Rousseau

Plot Veduta means "view". A plan of the city of Florence.

4.0

21 votes

4.0

21 votes

L'aria d'etre là (S)

2013 · Documentary · 1 min. · France

Direction Jean-Claude Rousseau

Plot So the days slipped, repeating the same tiresome experiences...

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La nuit sans étoiles (S)

2006 · Documentary · 18 min. · France

Direction Jean-Claude Rousseau

Plot Can you tell if yours is a colour or black and white dream? If yours is a silent or sound dream? If ther’s a voice off or actual sound?

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Passion (S)

2015 · Documentary · 7 min. · France

Direction Jean-Claude Rousseau

Plot At first glance, Jean-Claude Rousseau’s films seem like quickly outlined sketches. They are snapshots of various situations and locations, as in this program of nine miniatures, shot in hotel rooms...

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Love Song (S)

2016 · Documentary · 8 min. · France

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Fantastique (S)

2014 · Documentary · 6 min. · France

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Juste avant l'orage (S)

2003 · Documentary · 17 min. · France

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Non rendu (S)

2005 · Documentary · 19 min. · France

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Comme une ombre légère

2005 · Documentary · 37 min. · France

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Nuit blanche (S)

2011 · Documentary · 2 min. · France

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L'appel de la forêt (S)

2008 · Documentary · 8 min. · France

Direction Jean-Claude Rousseau

Plot L'Appel de la forêt follows the call of nature, but, as it is always the case with Jean-Claude Rousseau, in the form of an image. At first glance we see...

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De son appartement

2007 · Documentary · 70 min. · France

Direction Jean-Claude Rousseau

Plot The continuing demand for high standards is what sets Rouseau’s work apart. What makes this film distinctive is the way Rousseau explicitly returns to the source of his creative inspiration....

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Sous un ciel changeant (S)

2013 · Documentary · 12 min. · France

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