Direction: Jean-Claude Rousseau
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Jean-Claude Rousseau. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
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
Jeune femme à sa fenêtre lisant une lettre
1983 · Documentary · 45 min. · France
Direction Jean-Claude Rousseau
7.4
54 votes
7.4
54 votes
7.1
37 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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Juste avant l'orage (S)
2003 · Documentary · 17 min. · France
Direction Jean-Claude Rousseau
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Comme une ombre légère
2005 · Documentary · 37 min. · France
Direction Jean-Claude Rousseau
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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
Direction Jean-Claude Rousseau
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