Direction: Claude Goretta

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


The Lacemaker

1977 · Movie · 107 min. · France

Direction Claude Goretta

Cast Isabelle Huppert · Yves Beneyton · Florence Giorgetti · Annemarie Düringer

Plot During a visit to a Normandy seaside resort with her friend, Marylene, a fragile and solitary young woman named Béatrice is befriended by an arts student, François. Despite their intellectual...

7.1

456 votes

7.1

456 votes

The Invitation

1973 · Movie · 100 min. · Switzerland

Direction Claude Goretta

Cast Jean-Luc Bideau · François Simon · Jean Champion · Corinne Coderey

Plot After the death of his mother, middle-aged insurance employee inherits her small cottage surrounded by a garden. Selling the cottage which is situated on unexploited ground near the center of...

6.4

76 votes

6.4

76 votes

Nice Time (S)

1957 · Documentary · 17 min. · United Kingdom

6.2

55 votes

6.2

55 votes

The Girl from Lorraine

1981 · Movie · 107 min. · France

Direction Claude Goretta

Cast Nathalie Baye · Angela Winkler · Bruno Ganz · Patrick Chesnais

Plot A 31 year-old designer moves to Paris in search of steady work but finds only dead ends, harassments, and broken promises.

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Goupi-Mains rouges (TV)

1994 · Movie · 100 min. · France

Direction Claude Goretta

Cast Maurice Barrier · Jean-Philippe Ecoffey · Josiane Lévêque · Séverine Vincent

Plot Eugène Goupi returns to the village where he was born, where his parents want to marry him to a cousin. His uncle, Mains Rouges, gives him a somewhat chilly welcome....

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Sartre, Years of Passion (TV)

2006 · Movie · 165 min. · Switzerland

Direction Claude Goretta

Cast Denis Podalydès · Anne Alvaro · Maya Sansa · Frédéric Gorny

Plot Philosopher, author, playwright, screenwriter, reporter, Jean-Paul Sartre is all this and even more. In the 60', his influence on the youth is considerable. In despise for his life, he stands...

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Le dernier été (TV)

1997 · Movie · 80 min. · France

Direction Claude Goretta

Cast Jacques Villeret · Catherine Frot · Emilie Delaunay · Jean Dautremay

Plot True story about George Mandel, a high-profile minister in the pre-war 3rd French republic. As a wealthy member of the bourgeoisie, he is treated with disdain by the left, while...

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Temps Présent (TV Series)

1969 · Documentary · min. · Switzerland

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Si le soleil ne revenait pas

1987 · Movie · 115 min. · France

Direction Claude Goretta

Cast Charles Vanel · Philippe Léotard · Catherine Mouchet · Raoul Billerey

Plot In a mountainside village, where the sun never shines in winter, the old prophet Anzevui announces that, in this year 1937, war will break out and the sun will never...

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The Madman

1970 · Movie · 87 min. · Switzerland

Direction Claude Goretta

Cast François Simon · Camille Fournier · Arnold Walter · Pierre Walker

Plot George takes care of his invalid wife and holds down a full-time job but is forced into retirement for health reasons. When an investment firm wipes out his life savings,...

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The Death of Mario Ricci

1983 · Movie · 100 min. · Switzerland

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Jean-Luc persécuté (TV)

1966 · Movie · 92 min. · Switzerland

Direction Claude Goretta

Cast Maurice Garrel · Frédérique Meininger · André Cellier · Philippe Mentha

Plot Jean-Luc persécuté is the story about how a man is turned mad by a woman and by a suspicion about his fatherhood.

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Orfeo

1985 · Movie · 92 min. · France

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The Wonderful Crook

1974 · Movie · 112 min. · Switzerland

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The Roads of Exile (TV)

1978 · Movie · 198 min. · Switzerland

Direction Claude Goretta

Cast François Simon · Dominique Labourier · Corinne Coderey · Monique Mélinand

Plot A dramatization of the last years of French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

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Grande Dixence - La construction du barrage

1960 · Documentary · 41 min. · Switzerland

Direction Claude Goretta

Plot We are in 1960 on the site of the largest dam in the world. The director follows the teams of miners into the depths of the mountain and his talent...

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