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
Direction Alain Tanner · Claude Goretta
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55 votes
6.2
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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
Direction Claude Goretta · Marcelle Padovani · Pierre Demont · Michel Scott
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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
Direction Claude Goretta
Cast Gian Maria Volonté · Magali Noël · Heinz Bennent · Mimsy Farmer
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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
Direction Claude Goretta
Cast Gino Quilico · Audrey Michaël · Carolyn Watkinson · Danielle Borst
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The Wonderful Crook
1974 · Movie · 112 min. · Switzerland
Direction Claude Goretta
Cast Marlène Jobert · Gérard Depardieu · Dominique Labourier · Jacques Debary
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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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